ABSTRACT

Moon Palace, written by American author Paul Auster talks about the life of the narrator Marco Fogg and the two generations of his family. This paper explores the living space of Marco with Lefebvre’s space theory from three aspects: spatial practice, representations of space and representational space, and then analyzes the reasons for developing this kind of urban living space in order that this research could be helpful for college students to live a better urban life. 

Keywords: Moon Palace; urban living space; Paul Auster; Marco Fogg; space theory

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

摘要

Chapter One INTRODUCTION-1

1.1 Brief Introduction about Paul Auster-1

1.2 General Introduction about Moon Palace-2

Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW-3

2.1 Previous Study on Moon Palace-3

2.2 Critical Inadequacy-4

Chapter Three URBAN LIVING SPACE IN MOON PALACE- 5

3.1 Simple Review of the Theory on Urban Living Space-5

3.2 The Urban Living Space in Moon Palace-6

  3.2.1 Spatial Practice in Moon Palace-6

  3.2.2 Representations of Space in Moon Palace-7

  3.2.3 Representational Space in Moon Palace-9

Chapter Four REFLECTIONS ON THIS KIND DF UBAN LIVING SPACE...12

4.1 Reasons for Developing This Kind of Urban Living Space-12

4.2 The Significance of This Study-12

Chapter Five CONCLUSION-14

WORKS CITED-16