| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第13-18页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction to Salman Rushdie and Midnight’s Children | 第13-16页 |
| 1.2 The Thesis Structure | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-26页 |
| 2.1 Studies of Midnight’s Children Abroad | 第18-22页 |
| 2.2 Studies of Midnight’s Children in China | 第22-26页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第26-34页 |
| 3.1 Postcolonialism | 第26-29页 |
| 3.1.1 Historical Background and Basic Tenets | 第26-27页 |
| 3.1.2 Representative Theorists and Their Perspectives | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2 Mimicry and Hybridity: Homi Bhabha’s Postcolonial Theory | 第29-34页 |
| CHAPTER IV THE MIMICRY AND THE LACK OF RESISTANCE INMIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN | 第34-44页 |
| 4.1 The Mimicry in the Ordinary Social Life | 第35-38页 |
| 4.2 The Aftermath of the Mimicry in the Political Life | 第38-41页 |
| 4.3 The Lack of Resistance of the Colonized | 第41-44页 |
| CHAPTER V THE HYBRIDITY IN MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN | 第44-61页 |
| 5.1 The Hybridity in the Identities of the Characters | 第45-56页 |
| 5.1.1 Modernity vs. Tradition: the Identity of Aadam Aziz, Naseem, and Tai | 第45-49页 |
| 5.1.2 The Hybridity in the Identity of Amina, Ahmed, and Hanif | 第49-52页 |
| 5.1.3 The Hybridity in the Identity of Saleem and Shiva | 第52-56页 |
| 5.2 The Hybridity in the Narrative Form | 第56-61页 |
| CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION | 第61-63页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第63-66页 |
