Introduction 1
Chapter One Modern Selfhood in Justine 15
Ⅰ.Sexuality and Troubled Urban Selfhood in Alexandria 17
Ⅱ.Disintegration of Manhood and Womanhood 29
Ⅲ.Rejuvenation of Daley's Selfhood in the Countryside 43
Chapter Two Postmodern Selfhood from Justine to Balthazar 53
Ⅰ.Postmodern Self as a Chronotopic Narrator in Justine 55
Ⅱ.The Protean Self in Balthazar 65
Ⅲ.Objectification of Selfhood in Balthazar 79
Chapter Three Postcolonial Selfhood in Mountolive 89
Ⅰ.Mountolive's Diasporic Selfhood 91
Ⅱ.Egyptian Elites' Hybridity and Resistance 102
Ⅲ.Narouz's Shamanic Resistance and Sacrifice 111
Chapter Four Consummation of Selfhood in Clea 125
Ⅰ.Self-consummation by Means of Love and Individuation 127
Ⅱ.Sainthood and Therapeutic Power of the Dead 140
Ⅲ.“Rebirth” of the Living 150
Conclusion 161
Bibliography 171
Acknowledgements 182