| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第1-19页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ A Background Study | 第19-26页 |
| 2．1 Twentieth century—the rebirth of myth | 第19-21页 |
| 2．2 American South—myth and romanticism | 第21-24页 |
| 2．3 Faulkner—nostalgic southern consciousness | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Biblical Archetypes in Absalom, Absalom! And The Sound and the Fury | 第26-38页 |
| 3．1 Parallel correspondence between the Biblical narratives and the plots of Absalom, Absalom! | 第26-30页 |
| 3．2 Parallel correspondences between the Biblical figures and the characters in The Sound and the Fury | 第30-38页 |
| 3．2．1 Caddy Compsom—Eve | 第30-33页 |
| 3．2．2 Benjamin Compson—Jesus Christ | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Displacements of the Biblical Archetypes in Absalom, Absalom! and The Sound and the Fury | 第38-64页 |
| 4．1 Displacements in Absalom, Absalom! | 第38-54页 |
| 4．1．1 Motives of incest | 第38-42页 |
| 4．1．2 Attitudes toward incest | 第42-46页 |
| 4．1．3 Motives of fratricide | 第46-49页 |
| 4．1．4 Results of fratricide | 第49-51页 |
| 4．1．5 Racism foregrounded by incest and Fratricide | 第51-54页 |
| 4．2 Displacements in The Sound and the Fury | 第54-64页 |
| 4．2．1 On June 2, 1910 | 第55-58页 |
| 4．2．2 On April 7, 1928 | 第58-60页 |
| 4．2．3 On April 8, 1928 | 第60-64页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ | 第64-68页 |
| Notes | 第68-69页 |
| References | 第69-70页 |
