论文第一部分

Acknowledgements
Upon the completion of this thesis, I would like to give my gratitude to all those who have granted me help on the paper and on my four-year study this school.
First, I’d like to give my principal thanks to my supervisor Huang Chuanmei. Without her encouragement, guidance, and patient I wouldn’t have finished this thesis now. Moreover, I am deeply grateful to those teachers who gave me much help among these four years.
Particular thanks should be given to some of my friends who constantly encourage and console me. I also especially appreciate my roommates, for their generous help and advice both on study and on everyday life.
My thanks also go to my beloved parents for their consistent unselfish love, tolerance, support and encouragement for me.
Abstract
A compelling portrait of Southern society of the U.S.A, Light in August (1932) is one of William Faulkner’s most important, most challenging, and most widely studied novels. It traces the history of a group of characters shaped by and responding to the religious, cultural, and racial traditions of the American South. Yet among both critics and readers the work causes a lot of controversy, regarding its composition, structure, theme, narrative techniques and so on.
This thesis will focus on its racial theme and how this theme is demonstrated, indicated, or implied by analyzing its figures’ characterization and writing style. The first part refers to not only the introduction of the author and the Light in August, but also the definition of racism. The second part is the literature review, which is about the ideas, principles and concerns from the literary critics, theories and these already discussed. The third part of this thesis is devoted to the influence of racial question on protagonists’ fates. And at the end of the thesis is the conclusion, a summary of the thesis as well as the limitation of it.
Key Words: Light in August, influence, racial question
摘要
《八月之光》是威廉﹒福克纳1932年写的最重要，最令人深思，研究最广泛的著作之一，生动地再现了美国南方社会。

该小说追溯了一群任务的成长历史，美国南方的宗教，文化和种族传统对他们产生了深刻的影响。

该作品在读者和评论家中引起了广泛的争议，其中包括小说的构思，机构，主题，写作技巧等等。

本文集中于小说中的种族主题，以及通过分析小说的人物刻画和写作技巧运用，研究主题是如何展示，显露和暗示的。

本论文的第一部分主要涉及对该小说和作者的介绍，以及种族主义的定义。

第二部分为文献综述，包括现有的文论理论，文章和评论家的思想原则。

第三部分是关于种族问题对核心人物命运的影响。

结论部分对全文作了总结，并提出了其中存在的一些缺陷和原因。

关键词：《八月之光》，影响，种族问题
Contents
Acknowledgements (i)
Abstract (ii)
摘要 (iii)
1Introduction (1)
1.1The Introduction of Light in August and William Faulkner (1)
1.2 Racism in Light in August (3)
2Literature Review (4)
3The Influence of Racial Question on Protagonists’ Fates (5)
3.1 Victim of Racism: Joe Christmas (6)
3.1.1 Joe Christmas's racial identity in his life (7)
3.1.2 The original reasons of Christmas's tragic fate (8)
3.2 Racial question’s influence on Joanna Burden’s fate (15)
3.2.1 Positive aspects: contribution to the Black (16)
3.2.2 Negative aspects: her behavior towards Joe Christmas (18)
4Conclusion (19)
Bibliography (20)。