| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Naipaul seen in the Postcolonial Context | 第12-24页 |
| ·Literary Theory—Postcolonialism | 第12-14页 |
| ·Naipaul’s Writing Process in Postcolonial Literature | 第14-24页 |
| ·Birthplace─ Trinidad, Caribbean | 第14-17页 |
| ·Spiritual Motherland—India | 第17-21页 |
| ·Cultural Mother—England | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two Postcolonial Consciousness in Miguel Street and A Bend in the River | 第24-36页 |
| ·Mimicry | 第24-28页 |
| ·Mimicry in Trinidad —Miguel Street | 第24-25页 |
| ·Mimicry in the Independent African Country —A Bend in the River | 第25-28页 |
| ·Marginalization | 第28-36页 |
| ·Marginalized ordinary people in Miguel Street | 第29-30页 |
| ·Marginalized immigrants and natives in A Bend in the River | 第30-31页 |
| ·Marginalized civilization of African bush and the Big Man’s policies | 第31-36页 |
| Chapter Three Reflection of the Controversial Postcolonial Issues | 第36-44页 |
| ·Nationalism and Metropolitan Orientation | 第36-40页 |
| ·Tradition and Modernity in the Third World | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Root of Failure | 第42-44页 |
| Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| Notes | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-50页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第50页 |