| Chapter1 Introduction | 第1-16页 |
| ·The Research of Faulkner and His Works | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose of This Thesis | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter 2 The American South and the Writer | 第16-40页 |
| ·The South where Faulkner Lived and Wrote the Novel | 第16-19页 |
| ·Faulkner's Life in the South | 第19-26页 |
| ·Southern Renaissance and Faulkner | 第26-30页 |
| ·The Southern History and Faulkner's Work | 第30-40页 |
| ·Historical Truth and Fictional Truth | 第30-34页 |
| ·Artistic Reproduction of The Southern History in Faulkner's Works | 第34-40页 |
| Chapter 3 The Decaying American South through Three Compson Brothers in The Sound and the Fury | 第40-75页 |
| ·The Story and the Interpretation of the Title | 第40-46页 |
| ·The Tale "Full of the Sound and the Fury" | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Interpretation of the Title | 第44-46页 |
| ·A Hint at the Decay of the South through Benjy | 第46-56页 |
| ·A "Faithful Glass" | 第46-48页 |
| ·Deaths in the "Glass" | 第48-51页 |
| ·Moral Decay in the "Glass" | 第51-56页 |
| ·Mental Collapse in the South through Quentin | 第56-66页 |
| ·The Heir of Southern Tradition and Code | 第57-64页 |
| ·A Weak Defender in Despair | 第64-66页 |
| ·Corruption of the Southern Values through Jason | 第66-75页 |
| ·The Evil Betrayer of the Southern Values | 第67-69页 |
| ·A Cold-blooded Man Full of Hatred | 第69-75页 |
| Conclusion | 第75-79页 |
| Works Cited | 第79-81页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第81页 |
