| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| 1.1 Study Background | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| 1.3 Perspective of the thesis | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Yoruba Sacrificial culture and Soyinka’s Play | 第17-27页 |
| 2.1 James G. Frazer , Ritual and Sacrifice | 第17-20页 |
| 2.1.1 James G. Frazer and Ritual Study | 第17-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Rituals in Human History | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2 Rituals in Death and the King’s Horseman | 第20-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Ritual Categories:for supernatural beings, life and death | 第20-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Ritual Signs: dance, music and English | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Grandeur of Ritual Performance | 第27-41页 |
| 3.1 Sacrifice: A Grand Chorus of Ritual | 第27-33页 |
| 3.1.1 Sacrifice: for Yoruba Mythology | 第27-30页 |
| 3.1.2 Sacrifice: for Yoruba King | 第30-33页 |
| 3.2 Marriage: Turning Point of Performance | 第33-37页 |
| 3.2.1 Marriage as a Great Consummating Ritual | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2.2 Marriage as a Secular Desire | 第35-37页 |
| 3.3 Colonial Intervention: Suspension of Performance | 第37-41页 |
| 3.3.1 Intervention: in the Name of Civilization | 第37-39页 |
| 3.3.2 Intervention: Fake Civilization and Real Hegemony | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Sacrifice of Colonial Age | 第41-58页 |
| 4.1 Colonialism, Postcolonialism and Postcolonial Literature | 第41-44页 |
| 4.2 Danger of Yoruba: at the Moment of Colonial Crisis | 第44-49页 |
| 4.2.1 Yoruba as an Inferior Orient | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Hegemony of Colonists, Death of Horsemen | 第46-49页 |
| 4.3 Hope of Yoruba: at the Hybrid and Liminal Space | 第49-58页 |
| 4.3.1 Rituals as a Way of Resistance | 第49-54页 |
| 4.3.2 Soyinka:“Writing Back”by Drama | 第54-58页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| 5.1 Conclusion | 第58-59页 |
| 5.2 Limits and Future Work | 第59-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
| References | 第62-64页 |
| Research Results Obtained During the Study for Master Degree | 第64-65页 |
