声明
摘要
Introduction
0.1 Faulkner as the Author
0.2 Literature Review
0.3 Dialogism: a Brief Review
0.4 Intention of the Thesis
0.5 Arrangement of Chapters
Chapter One Twisted Souls- Dualities of Characters
1.1 The Split Halves of Joe Christmas
1.1.1 Race and Rage
1.1.2 Tormenting Religion
1.1.3 Intricate Women
1.2 Joanna's Burden
1.2.1 Joanna's Family Burden
1.2.2 Burden Bound and Burden Unbound
Chapter Two Christ Figures-the Novel's Biblical Intertextuality
2.1 Christ and Christ Distorted
2.2 Gail Hightower,a Gale from a High Tower
2.3 Visiting Goddess-Signs of Life in the Grove
2.4 Christian Devils
Chapter Three Echoes in Time and Space-the Dialogic Structure
3.1 Juxtaposition of Narratives
3.2 An Open Ending
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgments