| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| 1. The Author and the Novel | 第8-10页 |
| 2. The Critical Responses to Light in August | 第10-11页 |
| 3. The Theory of Alienation | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One: The Ways in Which Hightower Is Alienated | 第14-22页 |
| ·Isolated Lifestyle | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Soul of Anti- Redemption | 第18-20页 |
| ·Apathetic Attitude to Love and Family | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two: The Causes of Hightower's Alienation | 第22-32页 |
| ·The Three Phantoms in his Childhood | 第23-26页 |
| ·The Ghost-the Symbol of Past | 第26-29页 |
| ·The Puritanism--the Core of the Southern Culture | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three: The Awakening—Hightower's Struggling Against Alienation | 第32-38页 |
| ·The Movement by New Life | 第33-34页 |
| ·Reflections on Joe's Death | 第34-36页 |
| ·Realization of Self Redemption | 第36-38页 |
| Conclusion | 第38-40页 |
| Bibliography | 第40-44页 |
| Aknowledgements | 第44页 |
