| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Existentialism and Faulkner | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Existentialism and its main notions | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Existentialism in Faulkner and his works | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two Isolation and Absurdity | 第17-29页 |
| 2.1 Isolation and absurdity of the Bundren families | 第18-27页 |
| 2.1.1 The isolated and absurd world of Cash | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.2 The isolated and absurd world of Darl | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.3 The isolated and absurd world of Jewel | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.4 The isolated and absurd world of Vardaman | 第23-24页 |
| 2.1.5 The isolated and absurd world of Dewey Dell | 第24-25页 |
| 2.1.6 The isolated and absurd world of Anse | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2 Isolation and absurdity of the Bundrens to the outside world | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Free Choice and Responsibility | 第29-36页 |
| 3.1 Free choice and responsibility in As I Lay Dying | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2 Jewel, the outraged savor | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3 Darl, the perceptive destroyer | 第32-33页 |
| 3.4 Cash, the enduring peacemaker | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Four The Existentialist View to Death | 第36-43页 |
| 4.1 Death in As I Lay Dying | 第37-40页 |
| 4.1.1 The significance of Addie’s death to other people | 第37-39页 |
| 4.1.2 The significance of Addie’s death to herself | 第39-40页 |
| 4.2 Analysis on the title “As I Lay Dying” | 第40-43页 |
| 4.2.1 Analysis on the “I” | 第41页 |
| 4.2.2 Analysis on the “Dying” | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five Narrative Structure and the Existentialist Theme in As I Lay Dying | 第43-48页 |
| 5.1 Narrative structure in As I Lay Dying | 第43-44页 |
| 5.2 Separation in the narrative structure | 第44-46页 |
| 5.3 Interaction in the narrative structure | 第46-48页 |
| Conclusion | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53-54页 |
| Publication | 第54页 |
