| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abbreviations | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter Two Cultural Symbiosis and Marginality and Naipaul’s Multicultural Background | 第15-25页 |
| ·Cultural Symbiosis and Marginality | 第15-17页 |
| ·Naipaul’s Multicultural Background | 第17-25页 |
| ·Trinidadian Cultural Background | 第18-21页 |
| ·Indian Cultural Background | 第21-23页 |
| ·British Cultural Background | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Marginal Cultures in Naipaul’s Works | 第25-39页 |
| ·Trinidad’s Marginal Life in Miguel Street | 第25-28页 |
| ·Memories and Reality of India in An Area of Darkness | 第28-33页 |
| ·India in Naipaul’s Memory | 第28-29页 |
| ·India with Deplorable Reality | 第29-33页 |
| ·Mysteries and Darkness of Africa | 第33-39页 |
| ·African Mysteries in A Bend in the River | 第33-35页 |
| ·African Darkness in In a Free State | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Four Naipaul’s Attitudes towards the Western Culture | 第39-45页 |
| ·Being Critical of the Western Culture | 第39-40页 |
| ·Identifying with the Western Culture | 第40-45页 |
| Chapter Five Symbiosis of the Third World cultures and Western culture | 第45-52页 |
| ·Symbiosis of Indian Culture and British Culture | 第48-49页 |
| ·Symbiosis of Trinidadian Culture and British Culture | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第52-53页 |
| References | 第53-55页 |
| Publication | 第55页 |
