| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第9-25页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to J.M. Coetzee | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 Introduction to Waiting for the Barbarians | 第11-13页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第13-21页 |
| 1.4 Theoretical Framework | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Two: Symbol of Empire | 第25-39页 |
| 2.1 Eyeglass: Symbol of Mask | 第25-28页 |
| 2.2 Stout Cane Stave: Symbol of Violence | 第28-31页 |
| 2.3 Torturer and Prisoner: Symbol of Colonizer and Colonized | 第31-34页 |
| 2.4 Snow Dream: Symbol of Utopia Orient and Ideal Empire | 第34-36页 |
| 2.5 The Magistrate’s Wash: Symbol of Salvation and Baptism | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three: Symbol of the Other | 第39-48页 |
| 3.1 Colonel Joll: Symbol of the Incursive Other | 第39-41页 |
| 3.2 Magistrate: Symbol of the Ambiguous Other | 第41-45页 |
| 3.3 Barbarians: Symbol of the Marginalized Other | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four: Symbol of Power Discourse | 第48-57页 |
| 4.1 Interpreting Wooden Slips: Symbol of History Reading | 第48-50页 |
| 4.2 Magistrate to Barbarian Girl: Symbol of Exploration | 第50-52页 |
| 4.3 Silent Barbarian Girl: Symbol of Lost Discourse | 第52-54页 |
| 4.4 Joll to Magistrate: Symbol of Oppressive Discourse | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Five: Conclusion | 第57-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-68页 |
| Appendix | 第68页 |
