| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-8页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| ·William Faulkner: a celebrated novelist | 第8-9页 |
| ·Light in August: a narrative paradox | 第9-14页 |
| 2.Thematic Unities | 第14-35页 |
| ·Comparison and contrast: in and out of loneliness & isolation | 第14-24页 |
| ·Joe Christmas: an isolated spirit in the world | 第14-18页 |
| ·Joanna Burden: an enemy to the town | 第18-20页 |
| ·Gail Hightower: an outcast expelled by the town | 第20-22页 |
| ·Lena Grove: a welcomed stranger | 第22-24页 |
| ·Comparison and contrast: the past and the present | 第24-35页 |
| ·Gall Hightower: obsession with the past | 第25-27页 |
| ·Joe Christmas: victim of racism and Puritanism | 第27-31页 |
| ·Joanna Burden: twisted by family burden | 第31-32页 |
| ·Lena Grove: no past, only present and future | 第32-35页 |
| 3.Structural Devices to Maintain the Unity | 第35-40页 |
| ·Light and dark imagery | 第35-37页 |
| ·Symbols | 第37-40页 |
| 4.Conclusion | 第40-43页 |
| Bibliography | 第43-44页 |
