| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-31页 |
| ·Literary Review | 第11-24页 |
| ·Faulkner Studies in America | 第11-14页 |
| ·A Historical Retrospect: the Reception of Faulkner | 第11-13页 |
| ·Faulkner and the Yoknapatawpha Conference | 第13-14页 |
| ·Faulkner Studies in China | 第14-20页 |
| ·General Situation from the Beginning to the Present | 第14-16页 |
| ·Translation and Introduction of Faulkner in China | 第16-17页 |
| ·Biographies of Faulkner in China | 第17-18页 |
| ·Three Faulkner Conferences in China | 第18-19页 |
| ·Comparative Studies of Faulkner in China | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Reasons of the Development of Faulkner Studies in China | 第20页 |
| ·Research on Light in August in America | 第20-21页 |
| ·Research on Light in August in China | 第21-24页 |
| ·Originality of This Thesis | 第24-26页 |
| ·Methodology | 第26-31页 |
| ·The New Criticism | 第26-28页 |
| ·Close Reading and Other Working Principles | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter 2 Structural Functions of Lena Grove | 第31-39页 |
| ·Structure and Major Strands of the Novel | 第31-33页 |
| ·Lena Grove as a Major Strand | 第33-39页 |
| ·A Frame and a Clue | 第33-35页 |
| ·Correspondences and Tensions | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter 3 Thematic Functions of Lena Grove | 第39-60页 |
| ·Light as a Symbol | 第39-40页 |
| ·Pregnancy as a Symbol | 第40-45页 |
| ·The Virgin Mary as a Symbol | 第45-52页 |
| ·Endless Travel as a Symbol | 第52-56页 |
| ·Country Girl as a Symbol | 第56-60页 |
| Chapter 4 Aesthetic Functions of Lena Grove | 第60-68页 |
| ·A Perspective for the Readers to Approach the Novel | 第60-61页 |
| ·Picture, Music and Poetry | 第61-64页 |
| ·Pastoral Color, Comic Effect and the Detective Story | 第64-68页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第68-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-74页 |
| Appendix | 第74-76页 |
| 附表 | 第76页 |
