| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·The objective and structure of this thesis | 第9-10页 |
| ·Joseph Conrad and his novels | 第10-11页 |
| ·The gist of the novel and its symbolic significance | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature review | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第15-24页 |
| ·Edward Said's Orientalism | 第15-24页 |
| ·The definition and essence of Orientalism | 第16-18页 |
| ·The strategy for exploring discourse revolution | 第18-24页 |
| ·The location of the revolution | 第18-19页 |
| ·Contend for speech leadership | 第19-20页 |
| ·Two important ways of discourse revolution | 第20-21页 |
| ·The strategy of deconstruction | 第21-22页 |
| ·Three themes of discourse revolution | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3 The Evil Nature Embodied in Kurtz's Character | 第24-42页 |
| ·The original sin | 第24-29页 |
| ·The original sinner | 第24-25页 |
| ·A "mad" soul with a "clear" mind | 第25-29页 |
| ·The darkness in his ideology | 第29-35页 |
| ·His view of the native | 第30-33页 |
| ·The inferior status of the native | 第30-32页 |
| ·The dominance of the colonialist | 第32-33页 |
| ·Kurtz's ambition in life | 第33-35页 |
| ·Kurtz---the incarnation of colonialism | 第35-42页 |
| ·His greed for wealth | 第36-38页 |
| ·His cruelty towards the marginalized | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter 4 The Theme of the Novel | 第42-61页 |
| ·The colonists' greed for material gain | 第42-51页 |
| ·The Comparison between two groups of conquerors | 第43-48页 |
| ·Something in common between the two groups of conquerors | 第48-51页 |
| ·The dark nature of human beings | 第51-61页 |
| ·Man's joumey into self | 第52-54页 |
| ·The dark side of the colonists | 第54-57页 |
| ·The solutions offered by Conrad to free oneself from the evil practice | 第57-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-65页 |
| Paper published | 第65页 |
