TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT....... CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION............. Ⅱ. "KNITTING TOGETHER EVERYTHING ENDING ON THREE NOTES":2 BECOMES 3 IN VIRGINIA WOOLF'S MRS DALLOWAY.........53 MI. EMPIRE,REVISED IN PAT BARKER'S REGENERATION TRILOGY.......100 Empire,Revised.....................................108 Empire,Abroad...............................................................................138 H0me444444 IV. "THE GREAT ADVENTURE INTO NOWHERE":POSTIMPERIAL TRAUMA AND THE NEW PASSAGE EAST IN MARGARET DRABBLE'S THE GATES OF IVORY......................................167 Trauma.… ....177 Women.… ..205 Literature.… .215 V. THE THEATRE OF WAR”VS.“MEMORIES OF RIOTS”NTWO NOVELS BY AMITAV GHOSH....36 VI. CONCLUSION............ .290 BIBLIOGRAPHY.... .305 iv