| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| 1.1 Literary Review of the Study of William Faulkner | 第9-13页 |
| 1.1.1 Review of the Study of William Faulkner in Westerner Countries | 第9-11页 |
| 1.1.2 Basic Study of William Faulkner in China | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 The Objectives and Significance of This Thesis | 第13-16页 |
| 2 The Idiot Images in Faulkner's Novels | 第16-25页 |
| 2.1 Benjy in The Sound and the Fury, Smelling Rather Than Feeling Things | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Vardaman in As I Lay Dying, Confusing Addie with Fish | 第18-20页 |
| 2.3 Ike in The Hamlet, Falling Love with a Cow | 第20-22页 |
| 2.4 Jim Bond in Absalom, Absalom! Howling with No Words | 第22-25页 |
| 3 The Features of the Idiot Images in Faulkner's Novels | 第25-30页 |
| 3.1 Disordered Thinking | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2 Deficient Language | 第26-27页 |
| 3.3 Childish Characteristics | 第27-30页 |
| 4 Faulkner's Characterization Techniques in Portraying the Idiots in His Novels | 第30-42页 |
| 4.1 Internal Monologue | 第30-33页 |
| 4.2 Multi-perspective Narrative Model | 第33-35页 |
| 4.3 Free Association | 第35-37页 |
| 4.4 Symbolism and Symbolic Images | 第37-39页 |
| 4.5 Shuffle of Time | 第39-42页 |
| 5 The Function of Idiot Images in Faulkner's Novels | 第42-48页 |
| 5.1 Satirizing the Evil and Intensifying Goodness in Human Natural Character | 第42-45页 |
| 5.2 Symbolizing the Decline and Decadency of Southern Institution and Spirit | 第45-46页 |
| 5.3 Contrasting the Different Reaction to the World in Idiots and Normal Characters | 第46-48页 |
| 6 Faulkner's Deep Thoughts of Shaping the Idiot Images | 第48-54页 |
| 6.1 Regret to the Decline of American Southern Culture | 第48-50页 |
| 6.2 Humanitarian Care to the Weak Group | 第50-51页 |
| 6.3 Deep Think on Human Nature | 第51-54页 |
| 7 Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第56-57页 |
| References | 第57-59页 |
| Papers published in the period of Ph.M.education | 第59页 |
