| Acknowledgement | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| 1.1 Graham Greene and The Quiet American | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3 Research task, method and structure | 第14-16页 |
| 2. Reality or Fiction-The Image of Vietnam in The Quiet American | 第16-30页 |
| 2.1 Silent and subordinate:Vietnamese in the eyes of the West | 第16-21页 |
| 2.2 Decadent and depressing: life in exotic East | 第21-26页 |
| 2.3 Innocent and indifferent: distorted course of life in war | 第26-30页 |
| 3. Post-Colonial Thoughts in the Construction of the Image of Vietnam | 第30-38页 |
| 3.1 The feminized image of Vietnam as "the other" | 第30-33页 |
| 3.2 The diminished voice of Vietnam as "the other" | 第33-38页 |
| 4. The Influence of Western Cultural Hegemony | 第38-48页 |
| 4.1 Cultural hegemony within the context: from York Harding to the Far East | 第38-42页 |
| 4.2 Cultural hegemony beyond the context: from Fowler to Greene | 第42-48页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-51页 |
