| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One The Theory of Nietzsche's Tragic Spirit | 第12-18页 |
| ·Nihilism and the Affirmation of Life | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Dionysian Spirit and the Will to Power | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Dionysian Instinct | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Two The Chaotic American South and Southern Literary Renaissance | 第18-25页 |
| ·The Southern Reality | 第18-19页 |
| ·Spiritual Crises after the Civil War | 第19-21页 |
| ·Southern Literary Renaissance | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Three An Analysis from the Perspective of Nietzsche's Tragic Spirit | 第25-46页 |
| ·Faulkner's View of Life---Keeping Life Advancing | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Theme---Fighting against Cruel Fate and Transcending Reality | 第26-29页 |
| ·Men and Women Struggling in a Chaotic World | 第29-46页 |
| ·Mr Compson & Quentin---Disillusioned Idealism and Nihilism | 第29-34页 |
| ·Caddy and Miss Quentin---Fallen Women by Unchecked Sexual Instinct | 第34-41页 |
| ·Dilsey---Affirmation of Life and Self-domination | 第41-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-50页 |
| Notes | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55页 |