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Frontier and Urban Writing in Moon Palace
Author(s)
SHI Long, ZHU Qing-wei
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2018.09.003
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Pingdingshan University, Pingdingsha, China
ABSTRACT
In Moon Palace, on the surface, there are loosely unbelievable adventurous experiences of three generations, but at depth, it examines the wild west and urban civilization and their roles in American history as initiator of the myths of the frontier and the urban progress. In this novel, Auster uncovers how American history and myth of frontier are constructed by describing the wildness and Auster reflects and criticize urban civilization by depicting the cities.
KEYWORDS
Moon Palace, frontier, urban civilization
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