| Introduction | 第1-27页 |
| ·Unity of Form and Content is a Principle of Aesthetics of Form | 第11-12页 |
| ·Caddy’s Absence is the Formal Expression of Her Suspicion of Language | 第12-23页 |
| ·Faulkner’s Suspicion of Language | 第12-19页 |
| ·Compson Family Member’s View of Language | 第19-21页 |
| ·Caddy’s Suspicion of Language | 第21-23页 |
| ·C addy’s Absence is the Formal Expression of Her Loneliness | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter II. Caddy’s Absence Reflects Faulkner’s Perplexity with Women | 第27-43页 |
| ·The Sound and the Fury is the Reflection of Faulkner’s Own Life | 第27-29页 |
| ·Faulkner’s Perplexity with Women in His life | 第29-33页 |
| ·Caddy’s Perplexing Personality | 第33-43页 |
| ·Caddy’s Maternity and Promiscuity | 第33-39页 |
| ·Caddy’s Courage and Fragility | 第39-43页 |
| Chapter III. Caddy’s Absence Invites Readers’Participation | 第43-52页 |
| ·Readers’Expectations of Caddy’s Narration | 第43-48页 |
| ·Expectations Initiated by Traditional Treatment of a Protagonist in a Novel | 第44页 |
| ·Expectations Enhanced by Faulkner’s Treatment of Caddy | 第44-48页 |
| ·The Significance of Caddy’s Absence in Aesthetics of Reception Perspective | 第48-50页 |
| ·The Possibility of Reconstructing Caddy by Readers | 第50-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| References | 第54-57页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第57-61页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第61-66页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第66-67页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第67页 |
