| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-17页 |
| Gish Jen and World and Town | 第7-11页 |
| Literature Review on World and Town | 第11-13页 |
| Theoretical Basis and Research Questions | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter One Homeland Lost in World and Town | 第17-32页 |
| 1.1 Hattie’s Immigrant Anxiety as a Mixed-blood | 第17-23页 |
| 1.2 Chhung’s Traumatic Experience and Displaced Life | 第23-28页 |
| 1.3 Vanishing Family Farm and Failed Marriage | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Two Border-crossing, Self-marginalization and Quest for Acceptance | 第32-46页 |
| 2.1 Border-crossing: Going beyond Hospitality and Hostility | 第32-37页 |
| 2.2 Self-marginalization: Ginny’s Commitment to Fundamentalism | 第37-41页 |
| 2.3 Sophy’s Choice: Quest for Acceptance | 第41-46页 |
| Chapter Three Homeland Regained: The Construction of a Cosmopolitan World | 第46-61页 |
| 3.1 “The Third Space”: Language Juxtaposition and Cultural Translation | 第46-50页 |
| 3.2 Independence and Interdependence: Carter's Sense and Hattie’s Sensibility | 第50-57页 |
| 3.3 The Significance of Building a Cosmopolitan Town: from Isolation to Connection | 第57-61页 |
| Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
