The Invisible Image - Paul Oster 's Novel Research

Paul Auster is one of the most influential writers in contemporary literary American. He has published 16 novels and his works have been translated into more than forty languages. Paul’s novels are well received by the reader and the literary critic. This dissertation will focus its investigation into a world full of invisible Image presented by Paul’s novels through blur between reality and the imagination of the world and to find a unique interpretation of his unique understanding of human society. Lost souls invisible people to seek possible redemption and writer in order to expose practical problems such as ideological hypocrisy of American society, reflecting the political hypocrisy, money-oriented and lack of faith and seek possible change. This dissertation will provide an integrated study of Paul Auster’s novel from psychology, religion, space, class, ideology perspective to discusses Paul Auster’s novel richness and complexity of his unique writing style profile.The introduction summarizes the existing researches on Paul Auster. The first chapter " desperate souls in the reality world" from politics and psychology perspective to find the profound social causes why protagonists become the invisible man.The second chapter"never stop chasing" from an economic, spatial and ideological perspective to find the various contradictions and paradoxes in society. The third chapter "Phantom of the Redemption" from religion and psychology perspective exposed that the invisible man’s salvation is based on illusion. Paul pointed out that the novel epilogue unique artistic tension on the basis of the summary text. Auster reflect the real life of current people by using flexible artistic froms. Paul Auster’s novel is an important part of American literature and world literature.