| Abstract (in English) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第8-10页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第10-11页 |
| Contents | 第11-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter One: The Background of the Writer and the Novel | 第15-23页 |
| 1.1 Faulkner's life | 第15-18页 |
| 1.2 Faulkner and the South | 第18-21页 |
| 1.3 Faulkner Southern and Renaissance | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two: The Inadequate Parents—the Origin of Tragedy | 第23-31页 |
| 2.1 Mr. Compson—A Sum of Misfortunes | 第23-26页 |
| 2.2 Mrs. Compson—Ladyhood of the Southern Myth | 第26-31页 |
| Chapter Three: The Brothers Struggling in the Decaying South | 第31-51页 |
| 3.1 Benjy—The Bellowing Idiot and the Pure Nature | 第31-35页 |
| 3.2 Quentin—A Half-baked Galahad and A Prisoner of the Old South | 第35-42页 |
| 3.2.1 A Half-baked Galahad | 第36-38页 |
| 3.2.2 The Prisoner of the Old South | 第38-42页 |
| 3.3 Jason—The First and the Last Sane Compson | 第42-51页 |
| 3.3.1 An Outsider of his Family | 第43-44页 |
| 3.3.2 A Cold-blooded Man Full of Hatred | 第44-51页 |
| Chapter Four: Viciousness and Virtuousness in Humanity of Three Women | 第51-65页 |
| 4.1 Caddy—A Focal Image and A Lost Woman | 第51-56页 |
| 4.2 Miss Quentin—An Unfortunate Whipping Girl | 第56-60页 |
| 4.3 Dilsey—An Image of Love and Faith | 第60-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| Works Cited | 第69-71页 |
