| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction and Significance of the Study | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter Two Definitions and Contexts of Scholarship | 第11-16页 |
| ·The Concept of Transculturation | 第11-13页 |
| ·Scholarship on The Namesake | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Three Transculturation as Process in The Namesake | 第16-40页 |
| ·Loss and Exile: Ashima | 第16-22页 |
| ·Engagement and Resilience: Ashoke | 第22-28页 |
| ·Transformation and Incompetence: Gogol | 第28-35页 |
| ·Transgression and Empowerment: Moushumi | 第35-40页 |
| Chapter Four Transculturation Difficulties from Interactive Relations | 第40-49页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Misunderstanding | 第40-46页 |
| ·Cross-generational Silence | 第46-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-53页 |
| References | 第53-57页 |
| Notes | 第57-59页 |
