| 摘要 | 第3-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-24页 |
| 1.1 Maugham and The Casuarina Tree | 第9-14页 |
| 1.2 Oversea and Domestic Research Status | 第14-18页 |
| 1.3 Thesis Statement and Framework | 第18-20页 |
| 1.4 Introduction of Postcolonialism | 第20-24页 |
| 1.4.1 Background and Basis of Theory | 第20-21页 |
| 1.4.2 Representatives of Postcolonialism | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter 2 Station Crash: the White Empire and the Dark Margin | 第24-36页 |
| 2.1 Self vs Other in “Before the Party”, “P&O” and “The Outstation” | 第24-28页 |
| 2.2 Expression vs Aphasia in “P&O”, “The Letter” and “The Outstation” | 第28-33页 |
| 2.2.1 Central Occident vs Fading Orient | 第29-31页 |
| 2.2.2 Male Speaking vs Female Silence | 第31-33页 |
| 2.3 Civilization vs Barbarism in “The Yellow Streak” and “The Force of Circumstance” | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Struggling Together: the Cross-culture Survival Dilemma | 第36-43页 |
| 3.1 Mr Warburton: The Wandering of Resident | 第36-40页 |
| 3.1.1 The Cultural Autism | 第37-38页 |
| 3.1.2 The Cultural Nihilism | 第38-40页 |
| 3.2 The Loss of Local People | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter 4 Reverse Permeation: Awakening of Local People’s Resistance Consciousness | 第43-50页 |
| 4.1 Death: Tragedy of Colonists | 第43-47页 |
| 4.1.1 Degeneration of Harold and Millicent | 第44-45页 |
| 4.1.2 The Fatal Curse to Gallagher | 第45-47页 |
| 4.2 Independence: Resistance of Ong Chi Seng and Abas | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| References | 第52-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55-56页 |
