| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·William Faulkner’s unwavering faith in man | 第10-12页 |
| ·To whom should we listen? | 第12-13页 |
| ·Theoretical Background of the Implied Author | 第13-19页 |
| ·The Death of the Author | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Rhetoric of Fiction | 第15-16页 |
| ·The implied author, the author and the narrators | 第16-17页 |
| ·The revival of the implied author | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter two Literature Review | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter three The Voice of the Implied Author | 第22-31页 |
| ·The concept of voice | 第22-23页 |
| ·The contradiction of different voices | 第23-25页 |
| ·The confirmation of various voices | 第25-28页 |
| ·The double-voicing of some characters | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter four The Stance of the Implied Author | 第31-37页 |
| ·The control of narrative distance | 第31-32页 |
| ·The concentric circle mode of distance in As I Lay Dying | 第32-34页 |
| ·Attitudes and emotions implied by distance | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter five The Implied Author as Reflected in Frequency | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter six Implied Author behind Figurative Images | 第40-47页 |
| ·Animals as personification | 第41-42页 |
| ·The mythological allusions | 第42-44页 |
| ·The biblical images | 第44-47页 |
| ·Addie, as a fish | 第44页 |
| ·Cash, an incarnation of Jesus Christ | 第44-45页 |
| ·The journey of Death and Resurrection | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter seven Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-51页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第51-52页 |
