| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-23页 |
| 1. William Faulkner: His Life and Creative Experience | 第12-14页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第14-18页 |
| ·The Critical Review of Faulkner’s Works and Themes under Discussion | 第14-16页 |
| ·Faulkner’s Fundamental Themes as Reflected in His Delineation of African Americans | 第16-18页 |
| 3. Significance and Organization of Thesis | 第18-23页 |
| Chapter One: Brief Review of the Female African American Characters in Faulkner’s Novels | 第23-42页 |
| ·A Contented Singer: Elnora in Flags in the Dust | 第24-27页 |
| ·“I ain’t nothing but a nigger”: Nancy in That Evening Sun | 第27-31页 |
| ·“I’ve seed de first en de last”: Dilsey in The Sound and the Fury | 第31-34页 |
| ·A Voiceless Slave-daughter: Clytie in Absalom, Absalom! | 第34-38页 |
| ·An Indomitable Foster Mother: Molly in Go Down, Moses | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter Two: Faulkner’s Critical Views as Reflected in the Delineation of His Female African American Characters | 第42-56页 |
| ·Faulkner’s Criticism on Slavery | 第42-47页 |
| ·The Denial of the African American Women’s Humanity | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Dehumanized Sexual Exploitation | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Divided Self-perception | 第46-47页 |
| ·Faulkner’s Criticism on Racism | 第47-51页 |
| ·The Positive Personality of the African American Women | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Unfair Mistreatments | 第48-51页 |
| ·Faulkner’s Criticism on Religion | 第51-56页 |
| ·God’s Curse | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Nihility in Religious Faith | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter Three: Limitations and Their Social and Historical Origins | 第56-65页 |
| ·Limitations in Faulkner’s Treatment of African American Women in Both of His Literary World and Real Life | 第56-60页 |
| ·Limitations on Faulkner’s Characterization of African American Women | 第56-58页 |
| ·Limitations on Faulkner’s Factual Attitudes Towards the African Americans | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Social and Historical Origins for Faulkner’s Limitations | 第60-65页 |
| ·The Influence of Faulkner’s Family Background and the Southern Community | 第60-61页 |
| ·A Stereotyping Tendency | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Influence of Religion in the South | 第62-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-72页 |
