| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-16页 |
| Chapter 2 The Life of William Faulkner and the Writing of The Wild Palms | 第16-40页 |
| 2．1 Life And Career | 第16-30页 |
| 2．2 Faulkner's Love Affair with Meta Carpenter and the Writing of The Wild Palms | 第30-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Thematic and Structural Unity in The Wild Palms | 第40-80页 |
| 3．1 The Telling of Two Stories—Two Types of Love | 第40-62页 |
| 3．1．1 The Love story 'Wild Palms' | 第41-53页 |
| 3．1．2 The Convict Story 'Old Man' | 第53-62页 |
| 3．2 A Bold Structural and Thematic Attempt—Parallels and Contrasts | 第62-80页 |
| 3．2．1 General Comparisons and Contrasts | 第63-66页 |
| 3．2．2 The Literary Game of Parallel-hunting | 第66-75页 |
| 3．2．3 Conclusion | 第75-80页 |
| Chapter 4 William Faulkner's Style and Symbolism in The Wild Palms | 第80-90页 |
| 4．1 Faulkner's Style in Unifying 'Wild Palms' and 'Old Man' | 第140-84页 |
| 4．1．1 Pursuit of Literary Form | 第140-81页 |
| 4．1．2 Repetition of Words | 第81-83页 |
| 4．1．3 Mastery of Descriptive Language | 第83-84页 |
| 4．2 Contrastive Symbols in The Wild Palms | 第84-90页 |
| Conclusion | 第90-94页 |
| Works Cited | 第94-97页 |
