| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to William Faulkner | 第9-10页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to The Sound and the Fury | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·The Framework of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review and Theoretical Basis | 第13-17页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-15页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis -Karen Horney’s anxiety theory | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Three The Causes of the Compsons’ Anxiety | 第17-30页 |
| ·The Individual Environments | 第17-24页 |
| ·The Indifferent Relationship between Husband and Wife | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Relationship between Parents and Children | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Complex Relationships between the Children | 第22-24页 |
| ·Cultural Environments | 第24-30页 |
| ·The Decaying of Traditional values of South America | 第24-27页 |
| ·Decaying of Morality of the South American | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Corruption of the Southern Values | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Concept of Woman Moral | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Four The Defensive Strategies against Anxiety | 第30-44页 |
| ·Quentin’s interpersonal defensive strategies-the detached type | 第30-36页 |
| ·Escaping from the society | 第31-34页 |
| ·Fearing of the Change | 第34-36页 |
| ·Quentin’s Intrapsychic Defensive Strategies | 第36-38页 |
| ·Jason’s Interpersonal Defensive Strategies-the Aggressive Type | 第38-42页 |
| ·The Pursuit of the Wealth | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Pursuit of the Manipulation and Dominance over Others | 第40-41页 |
| ·Emotional Withdraw | 第41-42页 |
| ·Jason’s Intrapsychic Defensive Strategies | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five The Release of the Anxiety of the Family | 第44-47页 |
| ·The Couple of the Compsons | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Children of the Compsons | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Bibliography | 第49-52页 |
| 在校期间的研究成果及发表的学术论文 | 第52-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53页 |