| Acknowledgement | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter one Preailing Views on Heart of Darkness | 第12-24页 |
| 1．1 The novel is read ad a paychological masterpiece | 第13-17页 |
| 1．2 The novel is read as a journey from cicilized inhibition into knowledge of the death wish | 第17-18页 |
| 1．3 The novel is read by feminists as a narrative | 第18-19页 |
| 1．4 The novel is read as a work of racism | 第19-21页 |
| 1．5 The novel is read as a work of anti-colonialism | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two Cultrral Foundation of Colonialism and New Historical Criticism | 第24-32页 |
| 2．1 Cultural found ation of colonialism | 第24-27页 |
| 2．2 New Historical Criticism | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter Three Brief Introduction to Joseph Conrad | 第32-38页 |
| 3．1 Conrad`s early life experience | 第32-33页 |
| 3．2 Conrad`s adult Congo journey | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter Four Conrad`s Colonialism in Heart of Darkness | 第38-71页 |
| 4．1 The image of black Africans being distorted by Conrad | 第38-49页 |
| 4．2 Africans and their continent being blamed to beresponsible for white men`s degeneration | 第49-57页 |
| 4．3 Conrad`s attitude about the ideas of | 第57-67页 |
| 4．4 The colonialism of Conrad inHeart of Darkness | 第67-71页 |
| Chapter Five Cultural Background for Conrad`s Colonialism | 第71-76页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第76-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-82页 |
