| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Contents | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-43页 |
| 1.1 Caryl Phillips and His Works | 第13-22页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第22-28页 |
| 1.3 The Structure, Scope and Purpose of the Thesis | 第28-30页 |
| 1.4 Theoretical Framework | 第30-43页 |
| Chapter Two On the Implication of Emily’s Epiphany | 第43-83页 |
| 2.1 External Reasons Contributing to Emily’s Epiphany | 第45-70页 |
| 2.1.1 The Atlantic-Crossing Journey | 第46-50页 |
| 2.1.2 Colonial Encounters in the Contact Zone | 第50-70页 |
| 2.2 Internal Reasons Leading to Emily’s Epiphany | 第70-74页 |
| 2.3 The Essence of Emily’s Epiphany | 第74-83页 |
| 2.3.1 A New Vision towards Herself | 第76-78页 |
| 2.3.2 A Mutual Empathy with Others | 第78-79页 |
| 2.3.3 A New Recognition towards the Motherland | 第79-83页 |
| Chapter Three On the Implication of Cambridge’s Anti-Epiphany | 第83-105页 |
| 3.1 External Reasons for Cambridge’s Anti-Epiphany | 第86-94页 |
| 3.1.1 Displaced and Uprooted from His Home and Culture | 第87-90页 |
| 3.1.2 The Forcible Imposition of the Empire’s Ideology | 第90-94页 |
| 3.2 Internal Reasons for Cambridge’s Anti-Epiphany | 第94-105页 |
| 3.2.1 Lactification | 第95-100页 |
| 3.2.2 Alienation | 第100-105页 |
| Chapter Four Functions of Emily’s Epiphany and Cambridge’s Anti-Epiphany | 第105-113页 |
| 4.1 Broadening the Characterisation | 第106-110页 |
| 4.2 Sublimating and Innovating the Themes of the Black Literature | 第110-113页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第113-119页 |
| Bibliography | 第119-127页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第127-128页 |
