| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| 1.1 McCullers's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 American Southern Gothicism | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Deep South:The Birthplace of Southern Gothicism | 第19-28页 |
| 2.1 Southern Soil Breeding McCullers | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2 Southern Soil Breeding Faulkner | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Gendered Construction of Southern Gothic Grotesques | 第28-49页 |
| 3.1 McCullers's Feminine Construction of Gothic Grotesques in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | 第29-39页 |
| 3.1.1 Male Grotesques—John Singer, Biff Brannon, and Doctor Copeland | 第30-35页 |
| 3.1.2 Female Grotesque—Mick Kelly | 第35-39页 |
| 3.2 Faulkner's Masculine Construction of Gothic Grotesques in Absalom, Absalom! | 第39-49页 |
| 3.2.1 Male Grotesques—Thomas Sutpen,Henry Sutpen and Quentin Compson | 第39-43页 |
| 3.2.2 Female Grotesque—Rosa Coldfield | 第43-49页 |
| Chapter 4 Gendered Construction of Southern Gothic Themes | 第49-61页 |
| 4.1 The Theme of Racism | 第49-55页 |
| 4.1.1 Feminine:McCullers's Implicit Antiracism in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | 第50-53页 |
| 4.1.2 Masculine:Faulkner's Explicit Antiracism in Absalom, Absalom! | 第53-55页 |
| 4.2 The Theme of Loneliness | 第55-61页 |
| 4.2.1 Feminine: McCullers's Overt Loneliness in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 第56-58页 |
| 4.2.2 Masculine: Faulkner's Covert Loneliness in Absalom, Absalom! | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter5 Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| Works Cited | 第64-67页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第67页 |
