| Preface | 第1-12页 |
| 摘要 | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ． Background | 第16-24页 |
| 1． Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha | 第16-18页 |
| 2． The creation of the book | 第18-20页 |
| 3． The structure and the plot of the book | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ． The philosophic basis for the book | 第24-34页 |
| 1． The ancient Goddess-oriented societies | 第24-26页 |
| 2． The male dominance | 第26-31页 |
| 3． The ideals of gylany | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ． The replacement of gylany by androcracy represented in the book | 第34-49页 |
| 1． Death of the Goddess | 第34-37页 |
| 2． Suppression and oppression under androcracy | 第37-49页 |
| ① Woman,the “Other” | 第37-39页 |
| ② The male-dominated family | 第39-44页 |
| ③ The white patriarchal society | 第44-49页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ． The central symbolic character—Ike | 第49-59页 |
| 1． Ike's first revisit to the receding woods | 第49-50页 |
| 2． Ike's failure in reparation | 第50-54页 |
| 3． Ike's final revisit to the woods as an old man | 第54-59页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ． Hope for the future | 第59-66页 |
| 1． Women's challenge | 第60-63页 |
| 2． Love's power | 第63-66页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ． Conclusion | 第66-67页 |
| Notes | 第67-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-80页 |
