致谢
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1William Faulkner the Novelist
1.2Novels of the Yoknapatawpha Genealogy
1.3Critical Reception of William Faulkner
1.3.1Studies on William Faulkner in America
1.3.2Studies on William Faulkner in China
1.4Aim and Structure of the Present Thesis
CHAPTER TWO THE DOMINEERING MOTHERS
2.1Mrs. Compson in The Sound and the Fury
2.1.1Mrs. Compson’s characteristics and her influence on her children
2.1.2Mrs. Compson,a Martyr Also
2.2Addie Bundren in As I Lay Dying
2.2.1Addie Bundren’s characteristics and her ignorance
2.2.2Addie Bundren:not only a revenger but an alien
CHAPTER THREE THE TRAGIC YOUNG MOTHERS
3.1Caddy Compson inThe Sound and the Fury
3.1.1Caddy Compson’s characteristics and her resistance
3.1.2Caddy Compson: a negation of her mother
3.2Dewey Dell Bundren in As I Lay Dying
3.2.1Dewey Dell Bundren’s characteristics and her entanglement
3.2.2Dewey Dell Bundren: a survival in crack
CHAPTER FOUR THE INEFFECUTUAL MOTHERS
4.1Mrs. McEachern in Light in August
4.2Mrs. Sutpen in Absalom,Absalom!
CHAPTER FIVE THE IDEAL MOTHERS
5.1Lena Grove in Light in August
5.1.1Lena Grove and her unawavering patience
5.1.2The Goddess-like Lena Grove
5.2Dilsey in the Sound and the Fury
5.2.1Dilsey’s love for the Compson children
5.2.2Dilsey: an ode to life
CHAPTER SIX IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED FAULKNER’S PORTRAYAL OF MOTHERS
6.1The Personal Factors: The Influence of Faulkner’s Mother
6.2The Profound Historical and Cultural Factors
6.2.1The Historical and cultural background of the South
6.2.2Faulkner’s complex feelings for the South
CHAPTER SEVEN CONCOLUSION
参考文献
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