| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abbreviations | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-26页 |
| Chapter One The Dialectic on Existence:The Enigma of Philosophy in The Enigma of Arrival | 第26-45页 |
| Ⅰ.The Dialectic between Destruction and Creation | 第27-37页 |
| Ⅱ.The Dialectic between Individuality and Community | 第37-45页 |
| Chapter Two The Dialectic on Topography:The Enigma of Geography in The Enigma of Arrival | 第45-68页 |
| Ⅰ.The Dialectic Process of Root-taking | 第46-52页 |
| Ⅱ.The Dialectic between Space and Place | 第52-62页 |
| Ⅲ.The Dialectic between Space and Literary Place | 第62-68页 |
| Chapter Three The Dialectic on Writing:The Enigma of Creation in The Enigma of Arrival | 第68-93页 |
| Ⅰ.The Dialectic between the Man and Writer | 第72-82页 |
| Ⅱ.The Dialectic between Literary Fantasy and Literary Reality | 第82-93页 |
| Chapter Four The Dialectic on Technique:The Enigma of Form in The Enigma of Arrival | 第93-113页 |
| Ⅰ.The Dialectic between Autobiography and Fiction | 第99-105页 |
| Ⅱ.The Dialectic between Repetition and Revision | 第105-113页 |
| Conclusion | 第113-118页 |
| Bibliography | 第118-125页 |
