| 中文摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-17页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction to Kazuo Ishiguro and His works | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第9-12页 |
| 1.2.1 Studies on When We Were Orphans abroad | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2.2 Studies on When We Were Orphans at home | 第10-12页 |
| 1.3 Homi Bhabha and The Hybridity Theory | 第12-14页 |
| 1.4 Significance and Layout of This Thesis | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two The Crisis of Losing Identity | 第17-27页 |
| 2.1 Familial Reasons：Banks as a Homeless Orphan | 第17-22页 |
| 2.1.1 A Loner for Parents’ Disappearance | 第17-20页 |
| 2.1.2 A Loser for Smothering Romantic Love | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Cultural Reasons：Banks as a Rootless Orphan | 第22-27页 |
| 2.2.1 A Foreigner in the Oriental Paradise——Shanghai | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2.2 An Outsider in the Occidental Homeland ——London | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three The Struggling of Identity Quest | 第27-40页 |
| 3.1 Immersion in Illusive Fantasy | 第27-32页 |
| 3.1.1 Negative Escape from Passive Personality | 第27-28页 |
| 3.1.2 Unrealistic Ambitions to Save the World | 第28-30页 |
| 3.1.3 Subjective Reinvention of a“Homeland”in Memory | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2 Disillusionment with the Disastrous Reality | 第32-40页 |
| 3.2.1 Unfolding the Disgraceful Truth about Parents | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2.2 Unmasking the Hypocrisy of Elites | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2.3 Witnessing the Devastating Infliction by Wars | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Four The Reconstruction of Self-identity | 第40-45页 |
| 4.1 Relief from the Unrealistic Mission | 第40-41页 |
| 4.2 Hybridity between Two Cultural Identities | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第45-48页 |
| 5.1 Summary | 第45-47页 |
| 5.2 Further research perspectives | 第47-48页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第48-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-52页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间科研成果 | 第52页 |
