| 中文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第8-13页 |
| ·WILLIAM FAULKNER AND LIGHT IN AUGUST | 第8-9页 |
| ·LITERATURE REVIEW | 第9-10页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE, METHODS AND LAYOUT OF THE THESIS | 第10-13页 |
| CHAPTER TWO WILLIAM FAULKNER: AN OTHER TO THE SOUTH | 第13-21页 |
| ·THE CONCEPT OF “OTHER” | 第13-15页 |
| ·THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF THE DEEP SOUTH | 第15-16页 |
| ·WILLIAM FAULKNER: AN OTHER IN REALITY | 第16-21页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE GROUP OTHERS’EXISTENCE IN LIGHT AUGUST | 第21-36页 |
| ·THE AVERAGE WHITE MEN: THE LARGEST NUMBER OF OTHERS | 第21-25页 |
| ·Lower Position in Society | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Lose of Identity | 第22-23页 |
| ·Numbness in Character | 第23-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25页 |
| ·WOMEN: A GROUP OF CONSTRUCTED OTHERS | 第25-30页 |
| ·Prejudice towards Women and Feminism | 第26-27页 |
| ·Women’s Otherness in Light in August | 第27-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30页 |
| ·THE BLACKS: A GROUP OF OTHERS IN RACIAL SOCIETY | 第30-34页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第34-36页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR JOE CHRISTMAS: THE SINGLE OTHER IN LIGHT IN AUGUST | 第36-53页 |
| ·IDENTITY VAGUENESS: THE ORIGIN OF JOE’S OTHERNESS | 第36-37页 |
| ·JOE’S TRAGEDY: ALIENATION UNDER RACISM | 第37-46页 |
| ·Black Skins, White Masks: Joe’s Tragedy from Other People | 第38-41页 |
| ·Self-split: Joe’s Psychological Tragedy | 第41-46页 |
| ·SEX AND VIOLENCE: JOE’S RESISTANCE AGAINST OTHERNESS | 第46-52页 |
| ·Sex: A Means to Identify Himself by Contacting with a Different Gender | 第47-49页 |
| ·Violence: Another Means to Identify Himself in Constraint and Conflict | 第49-51页 |
| ·Summery | 第51-52页 |
| ·THE CHOICE OF DEATH: JOE’S LAST PARADISE WITHOUT IDENTITY BURDEN | 第52-53页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE HUMANISM IN LIGHT IN AUGUST | 第53-57页 |
| ·DEFINITION OF HUMANISM | 第53-54页 |
| ·HUMANISM: WILLIAM FAULKNER’S IDEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION IN HIS WORKS | 第54-57页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第59-60页 |
| REFERENCES | 第60-65页 |
| APPENDIX | 第65页 |
