| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-13页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| 2. Literature Review on Conrad and his Criticism | 第17-26页 |
| ·Conrad: the writer | 第17-21页 |
| ·The life of Conrad | 第17-18页 |
| ·The works of Conrad | 第18-20页 |
| ·The themes of Conrad's works | 第20-21页 |
| ·Conrad: his criticism | 第21-26页 |
| ·The method of sociology | 第22-24页 |
| ·The method of psycho-analysis | 第24页 |
| ·The method of feminism | 第24-26页 |
| 3. Analysis of Heart of Darkness: The Symbolic Meanings of "Heart" | 第26-39页 |
| ·The geo-political meanings of "heart" | 第27-30页 |
| ·Africa - a desolate but attractive land | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Inner Station | 第29-30页 |
| ·The ethical meanings of "heart" | 第30-33页 |
| ·The coldhearted General Manager | 第30-32页 |
| ·The greedy and violent "pilgrims" | 第32-33页 |
| ·The psychological meanings of "heart" | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Congo River - the source of darkness | 第33-34页 |
| ·Kurtz's heart - the heart of darkness | 第34页 |
| ·The social-aesthetical meanings of "heart" | 第34-39页 |
| ·The standard of success | 第36页 |
| ·The civilized but money-oriented Capitalist society | 第36-39页 |
| 4. Darkness of Kurtz's Heart - Cause of His Tragedy | 第39-44页 |
| ·Kurtz: a colonizer | 第39-41页 |
| ·Greedy Kurtz | 第39-40页 |
| ·Regretful Kurtz | 第40-41页 |
| ·Kurtz: a victim of the tragedy | 第41-44页 |
| ·Direct cause - Kurtz's incessant capacity | 第41-42页 |
| ·Origin - the civilized yet depraved social system | 第42-43页 |
| ·End - a total loss | 第43-44页 |
| 5. Conclusion: The Apocalypse of the Story in our Times .32 | 第44-50页 |
| ·The revelation of ethics | 第45-47页 |
| ·The significance of multi-cultural co-existence | 第47页 |
| ·The necessity of equality in international communication | 第47-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
