| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-18页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction to the Author and Works | 第11-15页 |
| 1.2 Structure of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-23页 |
| 2.1 Overseas Studies on Coetzee’s Works | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2 Domestic Studies on Coetzee’s Works | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3 Studies on Coetzee’s Boyhood and Youth | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FOUNDATION | 第23-30页 |
| 3.1 The Concept and Development of Space and Spatial Criticism | 第23-24页 |
| 3.2 The Basic Attributes of Spatial Criticism | 第24-30页 |
| 3.2.1 The natural attribute of spatial criticism | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2.2 The social attribute of spatial criticism | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2.3 The cultural attribute of spatial criticism | 第27-28页 |
| 3.2.4 The identity attribute of spatial criticism | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four JOHN’S CULTURAL IDENTITY WITH THE SHIFT OFPHYSICAL SPACE | 第30-41页 |
| 4.1 The Rejection of Afrikaans Identity in South Africa | 第31-36页 |
| 4.1.1 An outsider in Worcester | 第31-35页 |
| 4.1.2 A marginal person in Cape Town | 第35-36页 |
| 4.2 Incompatibility with English Identity in England | 第36-41页 |
| 4.2.1 An immigrant in modern metropolis—London | 第37-39页 |
| 4.2.2 A rover with the change of residence | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Five JOHN’S CULTURAL IDENTITY IN SOCIAL SPACE | 第41-60页 |
| 5.1 The Identity Anxiety in Family Space | 第41-49页 |
| 5.1.1 Escaping from abnormal parental love | 第42-47页 |
| 5.1.2 Disharmonious gender relations | 第47-49页 |
| 5.2 The Identity Dilemma in School Space | 第49-54页 |
| 5.2.1 Survival from dual cultures in primary school | 第49-53页 |
| 5.2.2 Struggle between ideal and reality in college | 第53-54页 |
| 5.3 The Identity Pursuit in Working Space | 第54-60页 |
| 5.3.1 Seeking for freedom in part-time jobs | 第55-56页 |
| 5.3.2 Quest for literary creation in full-time jobs | 第56-60页 |
| Chapter Six JOHN’S CULTURAL IDENTITY IN INDIVIDUAL SPACE | 第60-71页 |
| 6.1 The Depression of Afrikaans Cultural Identity | 第61-65页 |
| 6.1.1 Disapproval of Afrikaans culture | 第61-63页 |
| 6.1.2 Denial of Afrikaans identity | 第63-65页 |
| 6.2 The Disillusion of British Cultural Identity | 第65-71页 |
| 6.2.1 Futile exploration of English culture | 第66-68页 |
| 6.2.2 Loss of Britian identity | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter Seven CONCLUSION | 第71-75页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第75-77页 |
