| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION | 第12-21页 |
| A. A Brief Introduction to Maugham and His Works On a Chinese Screen and The Painted Veil | 第12-16页 |
| B. A Brief Introduction to Orientalism | 第16-18页 |
| 1. Definition of Orientalism | 第16-17页 |
| 2. Self-Orientalization | 第17页 |
| 3. Orientalism and China | 第17-18页 |
| C. Thesis Statement | 第18-21页 |
| Ⅱ. THE IMAGES OF CHINA IN THE CONTEXT OF ORIENTALISM | 第21-46页 |
| A. Glorious Ancient China in On a Chinese Screen and The Painted Veil | 第21-28页 |
| 1. Splendid Ancient Chinese Culture | 第22-25页 |
| 2. Exotic Chinese Landscapes | 第25-28页 |
| B. The Images of Chinese People and Chinese Reality in On a Chinese Screen and The Painted Veil | 第28-39页 |
| 1. The Images of Chinese People:Ugliness, Savage and Opium Smokers | 第29-35页 |
| 2. The Images of Chinese Reality:Poor, Large Population and the Cruel Custom of Abandoning Baby | 第35-39页 |
| C. China in the Context of Orientalism | 第39-46页 |
| 1. Occident versus Orient;Them versus Us | 第40-43页 |
| 2. Differences between Imaginary Orient and Real Orient | 第43-46页 |
| Ⅲ. REASONS FOR THE FORMATION OF THE IMAGES OF CHINA IN ONA CHINESE SCREEN AND THE PAINTED VEIL | 第46-69页 |
| A. Maugham's Personal Factors | 第46-49页 |
| B. The Psychology of Cultural Imperialism | 第49-57页 |
| 1. The Images of China as the "Other" | 第51-53页 |
| 2. The Images of Britain as the "Self" | 第53-57页 |
| C. Motivations behind the Images of China | 第57-69页 |
| 1. Description of "Themselves" in the Context of the "Other" | 第57-62页 |
| 2. Construction of "Themselves" in the Context of the "Other" | 第62-69页 |
| Ⅳ. CONCLUSION | 第69-72页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第72-75页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第75页 |
