| ABSTRACT | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter Two THEORETICAL FOUNDATION | 第16-23页 |
| Chapter Three THIRD SPACE LOCATED IN RUSHDIE'S HYBRID LITERARY WORLD | 第23-36页 |
| ·Characters | 第23-31页 |
| ·Characters representing the East | 第23-26页 |
| ·Characters representing the West | 第26-27页 |
| ·Characters of the "third space" | 第27-31页 |
| ·Images Conducive to Hybridity | 第31-36页 |
| ·Images of the East | 第31-32页 |
| ·Images of the West | 第32-33页 |
| ·Images of hybridity | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Four RUSHDIE'S LITERARY STRATEGY OF CONSTRUCTING THE "THIRDSPACE" | 第36-52页 |
| ·Hybrid Language | 第36-40页 |
| ·Hybrid Narrative Pattern | 第40-48页 |
| ·The Blending of Fantasy and Reality | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter Five CULTURAL IDENTITY LOCATED IN THE "THIRD SPACE" | 第52-58页 |
| ·The Notion of Cultural Identity | 第52-53页 |
| ·Rushdie's Cultural Identity | 第53-54页 |
| ·Cultural Identity Located in the "Third Space" in Midnight's Children | 第54-58页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第58-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-63页 |