| Acknowledgemenls | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-19页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to David Malouf and An Imaginary Life | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review and Research Significance | 第11-17页 |
| 1.3 Central Argument and Research Methodology | 第17页 |
| 1.4 Framework of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Theories of the "Other" | 第19-24页 |
| 2.1 Brief Introduction to the Development of the "Other" Theory | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2 Edward W. Said's Interpretation of the "Other" | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3 Homi Bhabha's Interpretation of the "Othe" | 第21-22页 |
| 2.4 Interrelation of the Above-mentioned Theories of the "Other" | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Self and the "Other" Before Ovid's Exile—Irreconcilable Conflicts | 第24-34页 |
| 3.1 The Ovidian Alienation in His Tragic Childhood | 第24-28页 |
| 3.2 The Ovidian Estrangement from the Roman Empire | 第28-30页 |
| 3.3 Ovid's Being Otherized at Home and in Rome for His Subversiveness | 第30-34页 |
| 3.3.1 The Complete "Other" and Marginal "Other" at Home | 第30-32页 |
| 3.3.2 The Complete "Other" and Marginal "Other" in Rome | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Four Self and the "other" in Tomis—Adaptation and Reconstruction | 第34-42页 |
| 4.1 Geographic Desolateness to the Local Colorfulness | 第34-36页 |
| 4.2 Linguistic Illegibility to Intersubjective Encounter and Exchange | 第36-38页 |
| 4.3 Psychological Marginal Displacement to Transformation and Reconstruction | 第38-39页 |
| 4.4 Subconscious Interaction Between Self and the "Other" | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Five Self and the "Other" in Nature—Oneness as a Whole | 第42-56页 |
| 5.1 Various Forms of the "Other" Representing Nature | 第42-46页 |
| 5.1.1 The Child---the Major Form of the "Other" | 第42-43页 |
| 5.1.2 The Wolf—Another Form of the "Other" | 第43-45页 |
| 5.1.3 The Centaurs—Role of the "Othe" | 第45-46页 |
| 5.2 Ovid's Different Approaches to the "Other" Representing Nature | 第46-50页 |
| 5.2.1 Making His Experience Real and Tangible | 第46-47页 |
| 5.2.2 Feeling Nature with Body and Senses | 第47-49页 |
| 5.2.3 Language's Vital Role in Ovid's Approach to Nature | 第49-50页 |
| 5.3 The Collapse of Border Between Selfhood and Alterity | 第50-53页 |
| 5.4 Australia Seeking Identity Through the Relation Between Self and the "Other" | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第56-60页 |
| Works Cited | 第60-63页 |
| Publications | 第63页 |
