| Abstract | 第1-4页 |
| 内容提要 | 第4-6页 |
| Introduction | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter One Faulkner and the Polyphonic Novel | 第11-17页 |
| 1. Faulkner's era: a time of complexity and contradiction | 第11-12页 |
| 2. Humanitarianism: the core of Faulkner's thought | 第12-15页 |
| 3. The polyphonic novel: a perfect expression of Faulkner's time and his worldview | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Dialogism in Light in August | 第17-30页 |
| 1. The contrapuntal structure - dialogue between characters | 第17-21页 |
| 2. Figures of division - dialogue within characters | 第21-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theme Plurality | 第30-39页 |
| 1. Racists and abolitionists | 第30-34页 |
| 2. Individual-community relations | 第34-39页 |
| Chapter Four An Open Text | 第39-46页 |
| 1. Indeterminacy | 第39-43页 |
| 2. A novel seemingly uncompleted | 第43-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-49页 |
| Works Cited | 第49-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52页 |
