| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第8-11页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the research | 第11页 |
| 1.3 The research question | 第11-12页 |
| 1.4 The structure of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第13-25页 |
| 2.1 Domestic and foreign research on Light in August and Red Poppies | 第13-17页 |
| 2.2 Polyphonic Theory | 第17-25页 |
| 3 Polyphony and Its Rhetorical Effect in Light in August and Red Poppies | 第25-44页 |
| 3.1 The dialogue in the two novels | 第25-37页 |
| 3.1.1 The great dialogue between the characters | 第25-29页 |
| 3.1.2 The micro-dialogue | 第29-37页 |
| 3.2 Unfinalizability | 第37-40页 |
| 3.3 Camivalistic scene | 第40-42页 |
| 3.4 The rhetorical effect of polyphony | 第42-44页 |
| 4 The Cultural Reasons and Themes of Polyphony in Light in August and RedPoppies | 第44-60页 |
| 4.1 The cultural reasons of polyphony | 第44-51页 |
| 4.1.1 The social background | 第45-47页 |
| 4.1.2 The two writers' personal experience | 第47-51页 |
| 4.2 The Cultural theme of Light in August and Red Poppies | 第51-60页 |
| 4.2.1 The pursuit of cultural identity | 第52-54页 |
| 4.2.2 The humanism in Light in August and Red Poppies | 第54-60页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第60-64页 |
| 5.1 Major findings | 第60-63页 |
| 5.2 The implication of the study | 第63页 |
| 5.3 The limitation of the study | 第63-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68-69页 |
| 攻读硕士期间发表的论文 | 第69-71页 |
