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AcknowledgementsIwouldliketoexpressmygratefulthankstomysupervisor,ProfessorChenBing,underwhoseguidanceIhaveaccumulatednecessaryknowledgeforthispaper;hiswide-rangingknowledgeandcriticalacumenhaveledtomanyimprovementsinthesubstanceandphrasingofthepresentpaper.MysinceregratitudealsogoestoProfessorHuaQuankun,ProfessorHongZengliu,ProfessorChenZhengfa,AssociateProfessorQiTao,andProfessorZhuYuefortheirilluminatinglecturesandearnestinstruction.Lastbutnotleast,IwouldliketothankXiaXingandmanyotherclassmatesforofferingvaluableresearchmaterialsandenlightenmentonthishumblework.AbstractRobertLouisStevenson（1850---1894）,themostcelebratedBritishNewRomanticistoflateVictorianage,winshisliteraryreputationwithhisvariousworksindifferentperiodsoflife.Stevenson?sfictionalsuccessbeganwithTreasureIslandin1883,andthenfollowedotherNewRomanticnovelslikeKidnappedandDr.JekyllandMr.Hyde.In1888,StevensonsailedtoSouthPacificandstartedhisseriesof“SouthPacificfictions”,ofwhichTheEbbTideisthelastonepublishedduringhislife.TherearecontinuationsandsimilaritiesbetweenhisearlyNewRomanticnovelsandlateSouthPacificfictions,butthesesimilaritiesalsohavedifferentrepresentations.InordertodiscussthesesimilarbutdifferentplacesandcontinuetheheatedtopicaboutdevelopmentandvariationofStevenson?sfictionalarts,thisthesistriestomakeacomparativestudyofTreasureIsland,Stevenson?sfirstNewRomanticnovel,andTheEbbTide,thelastnovelpublishedduringhislifetimefromapost-colonialperspective.BasedontheanalysisofsimilarbutdifferentimagesofOrientalsandOccidentalsinthetwonovels,thisthesisdiscussesStevenson?sdifferentattitudestowardsandunderstandingsoftheOrient,Orientalsandwesterncolonialisminthetwonovels.ThispaperfirstlycomparesthedifferentimagesofOrientandOrientalsinthetwonovelsandarguesthattheseimagesareallorientalized,butindifferentways.NeverbeingtotheOrientbeforeandduringhiswritingofTreasureIsland,youngStevensonhadtorelyonotherwesterners?textsandOrientalisiticnarrationfortheimagesofOrientandOrientalsinthisnovel,regardingwhathereadasth