| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Empire and Lord Jim | 第16-25页 |
| ·Empire | 第16-22页 |
| ·Texualized empire in Lord Jim | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Empire in the Narrative Construction of Lord Jim | 第25-42页 |
| ·Reviews of the 'break' between the Patna part and the Patusan part | 第25-27页 |
| ·Empire and Jim's entry into Patusan | 第27-34页 |
| ·Empire and Jim's success in Patusan | 第34-42页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ 'Lord' Jim: A Paradoxical Subversion | 第42-55页 |
| ·Jim's failure as subversion of the imperialist ideology | 第42-45页 |
| ·The characterization of 'Lord' Jim | 第45-51页 |
| ·Jim's death as a confirmation of failed subversion | 第51-55页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Relocation of Conrad in Empire | 第55-65页 |
| ·The dialogue between the author, the reader and society | 第56-58页 |
| ·Conrad in the empire | 第58-60页 |
| ·Relocation of Conrad in postcolonial criticism | 第60-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| Notes | 第67-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
