| 声明 | 第1页 |
| 学位论文使用授权声明 | 第3-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| 1. William Faulkner, a devoted southerner and its spokesman | 第8-10页 |
| 2. Critical reputation of William Faulkner's The Sound and the fury | 第10-11页 |
| 3. Thesis Question | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter Two Methodology and How It Is Applied in the Study | 第14-23页 |
| 1. Methodology of Structuralism adopted on the base of the characteristics of the Work | 第14-18页 |
| ·juxtaposition applied to present conflicting human mind and relationship | 第14-15页 |
| ·brief introductions of Structuralism and AJ.Greimas's Theory of Semiotic Matrix | 第15-18页 |
| 2. Fixing the position of the Compsons in matrix (I): for the sake of a simple structure | 第18-23页 |
| Chapter Three Main Conflicts in the Compson Family Reflected in Matrix (I) | 第23-38页 |
| 1. Benjy vs. Caddy | 第23-25页 |
| 2. Quentin vs. Caddy | 第25-33页 |
| 3. Jason vs. Caddy | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter Four Subsidiary Conflicts in the Compson Family Reflected in Matrix (I) | 第38-46页 |
| 1. Dilsey vs. the Compsons | 第38-40页 |
| 2. Caddy vs. Miss Quentin | 第40-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion: Analysis of a Deep-Lying Structure | 第46-50页 |
| Notes | 第50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-51页 |