| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-19页 |
| 1.1 An Introduction to V.S.Naipaul and His Fiction | 第8-14页 |
| 1.1.1 V.S.Naipaul's Life and His Works | 第9-11页 |
| 1.1.2 V.S.Naipaul's Writing Concerning India | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第14-17页 |
| 1.2.1 The Latest Findings at Home | 第14-16页 |
| 1.2.2 The Latest Findings Abroad | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 The Significance of the Thesis and Major Arguments | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation | 第19-27页 |
| 2.1 Exploration of the Diasporic Literature | 第19-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Crossing Border,Losing Gravity and Pursing Roots | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Personal History,Family History and Naitional History | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Dualism and Marginality | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2 Edward Said's Reflections on Exile and Other Essays | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Self-exile for the Pursuit of Imperial Dreams | 第27-39页 |
| 3.1 Nowhere for the Floater to Arrive | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2 Diaspora around Real England and Illusionary India | 第29-35页 |
| 3.2.1 Diasporic Mentality Embodied by Changes | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.2 Identity Reconstruction in Travel | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2.3 Floating in Life,Imagining in Art | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2.4 Self-exile in Space and Time | 第33-35页 |
| 3.3 India in Diasporic England | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Self-exile for the Pursuit of India in Dreams | 第39-51页 |
| 4.1 First Trip with Unbearable Memories | 第40-44页 |
| 4.1.1 Exile's Disidentification with the Real India | 第41-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Exile's Introspection | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 Second Trip with Sympathy and Comprehension | 第44-46页 |
| 4.3 Third Trip with a Feeling of Relief | 第46-51页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第51-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-56页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第56页 |