| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·Life Experience and Literary Achievements | 第11-13页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-18页 |
| ·Originality and Significance of the Present Study | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Two Subversion of Social Values of the South | 第20-30页 |
| ·Subversion of Racial Ethics of the South | 第20-27页 |
| ·Subversion of Family Values of the South | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three Subversion of Traditional Southern Identities | 第30-40页 |
| ·Subversion of Southern Class Identity | 第30-33页 |
| ·Subversion of Southern Gender Identity | 第33-40页 |
| ·Female Identity | 第34-37页 |
| ·Male identity | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Four Subversion of Religious Values | 第40-51页 |
| ·Subversion of the Image of a Benevolent God | 第41-43页 |
| ·Devils' Omnipresence | 第43-47页 |
| ·Subversion of God's Means of Redemption | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter Five The Reasons for O'Connor's Subversion | 第51-61页 |
| ·Personal Factors | 第51-55页 |
| ·Favor for the Freakish | 第51-52页 |
| ·Rebellious and Destructive Personality | 第52-54页 |
| ·Lethal Disease | 第54-55页 |
| ·Social Ideological Factors | 第55-58页 |
| ·Decentralization | 第56-57页 |
| ·Opposing Traditional Binary Opposition | 第57-58页 |
| ·Social Factors of the South | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| Works Cited | 第63-66页 |
| Publications | 第66页 |
