| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Part One Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| Part Two Nationalism in the Novel | 第16-25页 |
| I. A Complete Deax Ex Machina | 第16-22页 |
| i. Is the Ending Clumsily Handled? | 第16-19页 |
| ii. What Is the Significance Behind? | 第19-22页 |
| II. Nationalism in the Novel | 第22-25页 |
| Part Three Transcending Nationalism in the Novel | 第25-44页 |
| I. The "English" Patient as a Transcending Nationalist | 第25-31页 |
| i. The Patient's Changing Identities | 第25-27页 |
| ii. The Patient as a Cartographer | 第27-29页 |
| iii. The Trans-class Love Between Almasy and Katharine | 第29-31页 |
| II. Hana's Belief in the Transcendence of Nationalism | 第31-32页 |
| III. Psychological Rites of Passage for Caravaggio | 第32-34页 |
| IV. A Transnational Indian — Kip | 第34-35页 |
| V. The Villa as a Transnational Community | 第35-38页 |
| VI. More on Transcending Nationalism | 第38-44页 |
| i. The "English" Patient as an Incomplete Transcending Nationalist | 第38-41页 |
| ii. The Essence of Transcending Nationalism | 第41-44页 |
| Part Four Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| Notes | 第46-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-53页 |
