| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| 1.Pearl S. Buck and Her First Novel East Wind: West Wind | 第8-11页 |
| 2.The Third Space Theory and Hybridity | 第11-14页 |
| 3.The Structure of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One A Marginalized Person's Pursuit of "the Third Space":Pearl S. Buck Living betweenCultures | 第15-20页 |
| Chapter two The Third Space under Cultural Conflict and Integration | 第20-29页 |
| ·Binary Opposition and Integration between Different Cultures | 第20-26页 |
| ·Construction of "the Third Space" | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three A Hybrid Narrative Strategy: Pearl Buck's Practices on the Pursuit of "the Third Space" | 第29-38页 |
| ·Chinese Narrative Strategy in Pearl S. Buck's Novel | 第31-33页 |
| ·Western Cultural View in Pearl S. Buck's Novel | 第33-35页 |
| ·Bifocal Perspective | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four Reconstruction of Cultural Identity in "the Third Space" | 第38-46页 |
| ·Hybrid Cultural Identity | 第39-41页 |
| ·Reconstruction of Cultural Identity | 第41-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-50页 |