| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-29页 |
| Chapter 1 Emplacement and Displacement in The Jewel in the Crown | 第29-56页 |
| ·Demarcation, Emplacement, and Decentralization | 第30-41页 |
| ·Displacement and Invisibility | 第41-56页 |
| Chapter 2 Language and Petrifaction in The Day of the Scorpion | 第56-82页 |
| ·Centrifugal Forces of Language | 第56-64页 |
| ·Centripetal Forces of Language and Petrifaction | 第64-82页 |
| Chapter 3 Personal Space and Social Space in The Towers of Silence | 第82-106页 |
| ·Personal Space and Social Space in the Juxtaposition of the Rose Cottage and the Regiment Mess | 第82-91页 |
| ·Contemplative Space Constructed in Imaginary Silence | 第91-106页 |
| Chapter 4 Clearing the Stage in A Division of the Spoils | 第106-127页 |
| ·Spatial Contraction and Spatial Expansion | 第106-117页 |
| ·Clearing the Stage at Partition | 第117-127页 |
| Conclusion | 第127-132页 |
| Notes | 第132-137页 |
| Bibliography | 第137-144页 |
