| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-17页 |
| ·Introduction to William Faulkner | 第9-10页 |
| ·Introduction to the novel | 第10-13页 |
| ·Contemporary comments and my argument | 第13-15页 |
| ·Introduction to the theme of the thesis | 第15页 |
| ·Introduction to Jacques Lacan and his theories | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 The analysis of the formation of Joe's self-concept | 第17-29页 |
| ·The controlling power of "signifier" | 第17-24页 |
| ·Lacan's theory of signifier and signified | 第17-19页 |
| ·The application of this theory in analyzing the novel: Joe is controlled by the word—nigger | 第19-24页 |
| ·The culturally determined derogatory meaning of "nigger" | 第24-29页 |
| ·The psychohistorical meaning of nigger | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Biblical source of this meaning | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Joe's struggle between the white world and the black world | 第29-50页 |
| ·Lacan's theory of three phases of human development, especially the theory of the mirror stage | 第29-32页 |
| ·Joe's similarities to the child in the mirror stage | 第32-36页 |
| ·Joe's being caught between the white world and the black world | 第36-50页 |
| ·Lacan's theory of Law of the Father | 第36-40页 |
| ·Joe's being caught between the imaginary and the symbolic | 第40-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-53页 |
