ABSTRACT

Moon Palace, created by contemporary American writer Paul Auster, tells a story of a college student named Marco Fogg experiencing the loss of identity and the crisis of property. This paper interprets Fogg’s consuming psychology and the problems existing in his consuming behavior with the theories of western Marxist consumption such as the consumption alienation theory and the sign consuming theory, and then analyzes the positive and negative influence of these problems on Fogg and that society in order that it could provide young people with certain reference on formulating the suitable consumption viewpoint.

Keywords：Moon Palace; Western Marxist Consumption Viewpoint; Paul Auster;   Marco Fogg

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

摘要

Chapter One INTRODUCTION-1

1.1 Brief Introduction of Paul Auster-1

1.2 Brief Introduction of Moon Palace-1

1.3 Significance of Present Study-2

Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW-4

2.1 Critical History of Moon Palace-4

2.2 Critical Inadequacy of Past Studies-4

Chapter Three WMCV IN MOON PALACE-6

3.1 Theory of Reification-6

3.2 The Consumption Alienation Theory-8

3.3 The Sign Consuming Theory-10

Chapter Four REFLECTIONS OF WMCV IN MOON PALACE-13

4.1 The Positive Effect-13

4.2 The Negative Effect-13

Chapter Five CONCLUSION-16

WORKS CITED-17