本书主要探讨诺贝尔文学奖得主、英国小说家石黑一雄小说中的规训与觉醒这一话题，借助福柯的规训理论，选取石黑一雄的四部小说（《远山淡影》《浮世画家》《长日留痕》与《别让我离开》）作为文本分析的对象，探讨个体在宏观与微观层面受到的规训，以及个体在规训之下的觉醒。通过对每部作品的分析发现，石黑一雄在对规训的呈现模式上由隐性到显性，逐步深入；个体受到的规训直接导致了内心的创伤以及人生的虚无感；尽管规训无处不在，依然会有个体开始觉醒。

Introduction
Chapter 1 Theories of Power
1.1 Marx's View of Power
1.2 Foucault's View of Power
1.3 Hannah Arendt: Totalitarianism and the Banality of Evil Exploration of Power
2.1 Power of Males over Females
2.2 Power of Parents over Children
2.3 Power of the West over the East
2.4 Resistance
Chapter 3 Power and Resistance in An Artist of the Floating World
3.1 Power in a Career
3.2 State Power of Discourse
3.3 Power in the Family
3.4 Ono's Banality of Evil
3.5 Resistance
Chapter 4 The Remains of the Day: Power and Resistance in a Class Society
4.1 Power in a Class System
4.2 Power from Social Institutions
4.3 Self-alienation
4.4 Resistance
Chapter 5 Never Let Me Go: Power in Panopticon
5.1 Hailsham: The Visible Panopticon
5.2 The Cottages: Internalized Panopticon
5.3 The Society: The Final Sacrifice
5.4 Resistance
Conclusion
Bibliography