ABSTRACT

Moon Palace by contemporary American writer Paul Auster, tells us a story about Marco Fogg’s strange experience when American astronauts landed on the moon and where there is a Chinese restaurant named “Moon Palace.” With the help of conceptual blending theory, this thesis firstly explores the significance of the Chinese restaurant Moon Palace for Fogg’s physical and mental growth; secondly it argues that the Chinese restaurant Moon Palace is Fogg’s Garden of Eden rather than America itself since people become indifferent there though its science and technology is developed. In a word, this research aims to embody the superiority for Chinese dream to American Dream.   

Keywords：Moon Palace; Marco Fogg; the image of Moon Palace; image; conceptual blending theory; Paul Auster

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

摘要

Chapter One INTRODUCTION-5

  1.1 Paul Auster and His Works-5

  1.2 Background Introduction of Moon Palace-6

Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW-7

  2.1 A Brief Review of Past Studies-7

  2.2 Significance of This Study-8

Chapter Three CONCEPTUAL BLENDING OF THE IMAGE OF MOON PALACE IN MOON PALACE-9

  3.1 Theoretical Basis-9

    3.1.1 Spaces in the network-10

    3.1.2 Emergent Structure and Optimized Principle-11

    3.1.3 Image-11

  3.2 Images in Moon Palace-12

  3.3 Conceptual Integration of the Moon Palace Image-14

Chapter Four CONCLUSION-16

WORKS CITED-17