| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| A Brief Introduction to Naipaul and his Works | 第10-13页 |
| The Introduction and Evaluation of A Bend in the River | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review and the Aim of the Thesis | 第16-27页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第16-23页 |
| ·The Aim of the Thesis | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Two The Self and the Other in A Bend in the River and Heart of Darkness | 第27-44页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Self and the Other | 第27-30页 |
| ·The Echo of Heart of Darkness in A Bend in the River | 第30-40页 |
| ·The “Otherness”in Heart of Darkness | 第31-33页 |
| ·The “Otherness”in A Bend in the River | 第33-40页 |
| ·The Orientalism in A Bend in the River | 第40-44页 |
| Chapter Three The New Attitude toward the Relationship between the Self and the Other | 第44-55页 |
| ·The Gulf between the Self and the Other | 第44-48页 |
| ·The Bridge between the Self and the Other in A Bend in the River | 第48-52页 |
| ·The Significance of A Bend in the River | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter Four An Analysis of the Narrative Technique in A Bend in the River and Heart of Darkness | 第55-67页 |
| ·Narrative Technique in Heart of Darkness | 第55-57页 |
| ·Narrative Technique in A Bend in the River | 第57-64页 |
| ·Duality on the Thematic Level | 第64-67页 |
| Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-72页 |
