| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-20页 |
| Chapter One Background Knowledge of the Novella | 第20-27页 |
| 1．1． Biographical background | 第20-24页 |
| 1．2． Cultural background | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Two Long Journey to the Self | 第27-70页 |
| 2．1． Motive of Marlow's quest | 第27-33页 |
| 2．2． Marlow's attitudes towards Africa and Africans | 第33-41页 |
| 2．2．1． Marlow's attitudes towards Africa | 第33-37页 |
| 2．2．2． Attitudes towards Africans | 第37-41页 |
| 2．3． Work in the darkness | 第41-45页 |
| 2．4． Marlow's attitudes towards the White in Africa | 第45-58页 |
| 2．4．1． Marlow's attitudes towards people around Kurtz | 第45-47页 |
| 2．4．2． Marlow's attitudes towards Kurtz | 第47-58页 |
| 2．5． Marlow's limitation | 第58-70页 |
| Chapter Three Final Reinforcement from the Narratological Point of View | 第70-78页 |
| Conclusion | 第78-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-85页 |
