| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Kiran Desai and Her Major Works | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Inheritance of Loss: the Book | 第11页 |
| ·Literature Review on The Inheritance of Loss | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter Two Jacques Lacan’s Post-psychoanalytical Theory | 第14-33页 |
| ·An Introduction of Lacan | 第14-18页 |
| ·Mirror Stage | 第18-24页 |
| ·Phallus with Desire | 第24-27页 |
| ·Oedipus Complex | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Unconscious | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Imaginary | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Symbolic | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Exploring Mental Plight in the Novel by Analyzing the Main Characters | 第33-49页 |
| ·The Judge and His wife: Destruction of Colorful Life | 第33-44页 |
| ·Indian Background Information | 第33-35页 |
| ·Jemubhai’s Negation of Self | 第35-39页 |
| ·Resistance of Indianness | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Negation of Others | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Impossibility of Nimi’s Self-Salvation | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Cook and His Son Biju: Disillusion of the American Dream | 第44-46页 |
| ·Noni, Mrs. Sen, and Lola: Epiphany of Blind Worship of the Western World | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第49-55页 |
| ·Advocation of Non-violence | 第49-50页 |
| ·Elusive Charm: Self is a Process of Construction | 第50-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-58页 |
