| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| CONTENTS | 第12-14页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第14-24页 |
| 1.1 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO JOSEPH CONRAD | 第14-17页 |
| 1.2 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO HEART OF DARKNESS | 第17-19页 |
| 1.3 DEFINITION AND ASSOCIATION OF POST-COLONIALISM | 第19-22页 |
| 1.4 THE OUTLINE OF THE THESIS | 第22-24页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第24-31页 |
| 2.1 OVERSEAS STUDIES | 第24-27页 |
| 2.2 DOMESTIC STUDIES | 第27-31页 |
| 2.2.1 The Period from 1930s to 1980s | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.2 The Period from 1990s to Present | 第28-31页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ POST-COLONIALISM’S AMPHIBIOTIC NATURE REVEALED IN THEME OF HEART OF DARKNESS | 第31-53页 |
| 3.1 THE AMPHIBIOTIC NATURE OF POST-COLONIALISM | 第31页 |
| 3.2 THE AMPHIBIOTIC THEME OF HEART OF DARKNESS | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3 ANTI-COLONIALISM THEME | 第32-44页 |
| 3.3.1 An Anti-colonialism Gaze from the ‘Darkness’ | 第32-39页 |
| 3.3.1.1 The Darkness Revealed in the Paradoxical Images and Symbols | 第33-37页 |
| 3.3.1.2 The Darkness Revealed in Africa | 第37-39页 |
| 3.3.2 An Anti-colonialism Gaze from the Natives’ Plight and Calamity | 第39-41页 |
| 3.3.3 An Anti-colonialism Gaze from the Greed and Cruelty of Colonizers | 第41-44页 |
| 3.3.3.1 The Greed of Colonizers | 第41-42页 |
| 3.3.3.2 The Cruelty of Colonizer’s “Noble Ambition” | 第42-44页 |
| 3.4 PRO-COLONIALISM THEME | 第44-53页 |
| 3.4.1 A Pro-colonialism Gaze from the Creation of the Novella | 第44-49页 |
| 3.4.1.1 The Overwhelming Pro-colonialism Narration | 第45-46页 |
| 3.4.1.2 The Prejudiced Depiction of Characters | 第46-49页 |
| 3.4.2 A Pro-colonialism Gaze from Conrad Himself | 第49-53页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ ORIENTALISM AND“THE OTHER”REVEALED IN HEART OF DARKNESS | 第53-60页 |
| 4.1 EDWARD SAID AND HIS DOMINENT THEORIES RELEVENT TO POST-COLONIALISM | 第53页 |
| 4.2 ORIENTALISM AND “THE OTHER ” REVEALED IN HEART OF DARKNESS | 第53-60页 |
| 4.2.1 The Distorted Depictions of Africa as “the Other World” | 第55-57页 |
| 4.2.2 The Distorted Depictions of the Natives as “the Other” | 第57-60页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ THE REVEAL OF CULTURAL IDENTITY IN HEART OF DARKNESS FROM POST-COLONIALISM PERSPECTIVE | 第60-67页 |
| 5.1 CULTURAL IDENTITY REVEALED IN POST-COLONIALISM | 第60-61页 |
| 5.2 THE REVEAL OF CULTURAL IDENTITY IN HEART OF DARKNESS FROM POST-COLONIALISM PERSPECTIVE | 第61-67页 |
| 5.2.1 The White Men’s Cross Cultural Invasion, Domination and Disintegration | 第62-64页 |
| 5.2.2 The African Natives’ Cultural Marginalization and Efforts to Establish New Cultural Identity | 第64-67页 |
| CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION | 第67-69页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第69-70页 |
