Lau, Chi Sum Garfield. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-137). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Introduction: Conflictual Self in the Modern Era: Conrad and Kawabata --- p.6 / Chapter Chapter One: --- Immorality and Conflictual Self in Conrad's The Return --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- The Past and Split Self in Kawabata's Thousand Cranes --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Conflictual Self and Split Self in Conrad's The Secret Agent and Kawabata's The Sound of the Mountain --- p.81 / Conclusion: Conflictual Self in Occidental and Oriental Contexts --- p.117 / Bibliography --- p.136