| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-13页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第13-19页 |
| Abbreviations | 第19-20页 |
| Introduction | 第20-44页 |
| Countering with “the Other” | 第22-24页 |
| J.M.C oetzee: An Ethical Fighter Rivaling History | 第24-36页 |
| Transcending History | 第36-44页 |
| Chapter One Probing Ethics in a Poststructuralist Era | 第44-66页 |
| The Dilemma of Ethics in a Poststructuralist Era | 第46-48页 |
| Alterity of Absolute Otherness in Light of Lévinas | 第48-55页 |
| Conflicting Authenticity | 第55-66页 |
| Chapter Two Studying Coetzee in an Ethical Perspective | 第66-92页 |
| Searching for Ethos in Terms of Ethics | 第66-70页 |
| Ethos of Cherishing Alterity as a Public Intellectual | 第70-81页 |
| Coetzee’s Alternative: Resisting Inauthentic Readings | 第81-92页 |
| Chapter Three Representation of Alterity: Breaking Dichotomy | 第92-167页 |
| Instrumentalizing Women: A Culture of Systemic Rape | 第93-128页 |
| Instrumentalizing Animals: A Deception of Human Civilization | 第128-167页 |
| Chapter Four Tarrying in the Third Space | 第167-210页 |
| Transgressing Limits | 第168-182页 |
| Between the Saying and the Said | 第182-188页 |
| The Middle Voice | 第188-195页 |
| Creativity Comes from Fecundity | 第195-210页 |
| Chapter Five Transcending Self-interest and Reformatting Ethos | 第210-242页 |
| Resisting Closure | 第210-216页 |
| Power Abuse | 第216-223页 |
| Facing “Face”: The-One-for-the-Other | 第223-242页 |
| Conclusion | 第242-255页 |
| Works Cited | 第255-270页 |