| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·David Henry Hwang and his achievements | 第11-12页 |
| ·Literature review at home and abroad | 第12-18页 |
| ·Originality and framework of the thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two The Concept of Orientalism | 第20-28页 |
| ·Said's perception of Orientalism | 第20-21页 |
| ·The concept of American Orientalism | 第21-24页 |
| ·Asian American writers' attitudes toward Orientalism | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Three Hwang's Ambivalent Attitude toward Orientalism | 第28-51页 |
| ·Resistance to Orientalism | 第28-38页 |
| ·M. Butterflyversus Madame Butterfly | 第29-31页 |
| ·Dismantling the entrenched stereotype of Oriental women | 第31-35页 |
| ·Subverting Orientalist conception of East-West power relationship | 第35-38页 |
| ·Compliance with Orientalism | 第38-51页 |
| ·Reinforcing the feminized and homosexual image of Oriental men | 第39-44页 |
| ·Reconstructing the crafty nationalist revenger image of Oriental men | 第44-47页 |
| ·Strengthening Orientalist misrepresentation of Chinese culture | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter Four The Causes of Hwang's Ambivalence | 第51-61页 |
| ·The causes of Hwang's resistance | 第51-56页 |
| ·Hwang's emotional affinity to China | 第51-53页 |
| ·The impact of Asian American Movement | 第53-56页 |
| ·The causes of Hwang's compliance | 第56-61页 |
| ·Hwang's American Middle-class family background | 第56-58页 |
| ·The stimulation of American market demand | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| Works Cited | 第64-69页 |
| Publications | 第69页 |
