Every Story is a Ghost: Chuck Palahniuk and the Reenchantment of Suffering

2012 ◽  
pp. 129-153
Keyword(s):  
Chuck Palahniuk

scholarly journals Imprese e letteratura

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Cinquegrani
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Don Delillo ◽  
Philip Roth ◽  
Search For Meaning ◽  
Financial Systems ◽  
The Third ◽  
Chuck Palahniuk ◽  
Third Millennium ◽  
Present World

Two recent books try to redefine the economic and financial systems bringing them back to documents (Ferraris) and to instinctive drives (Mazzarella). This essay reviews some of the most important novels of the third millennium about entrepreneurs to test the cogency of these concepts. From American Pastoral by Philip Roth to Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk, from The Human Resources Manager by Abraham Yehoshua to Zero K by Don DeLillo, the essay describes the present world as a society of wasted desire and the life of the company as a constant search for meaning.

scholarly journals “Choke” Chuck Palahniuk Book Review

2013 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 16-18
Author(s):  
Çağrı Tuğrul Mart
Keyword(s):  
Chuck Palahniuk

scholarly journals Vida e comunidade em Clube da Luta e A praia

2018 ◽  
pp. 291-306
Author(s):  
Joacy Ghizzi Neto
Keyword(s):  
Giorgio Agamben ◽  
Alain Badiou ◽  
Chuck Palahniuk

A partir das narrativas Clube da luta (1996) de Chuck Palahniuk e A praia(1996) de Alex Garland, o presente artigo investiga as configurações comunitáriasque essas ficções propõem na virada do milênio. Os dois livros sãoo ponto de partida para analisar uma dialética da ruptura e da fundação, dolugar e do território, mas também entre arte e vida, já que a narrativa comunitáriaassombra a própria paixão pelo real (Alain Badiou, O século). É diantedessa contradição que as leituras de Giorgio Agamben (A comunidade que vem),Jean-Luc Nancy (A comunidade inoperante) e Massimo Cacciari (Nomes de lugar:confim) nos permitem discutir o paradoxo da relação sujeito e comunidade. Asduas narrativas analisadas propõem um deslocamento diante do mundo emnome de um outro lugar. Tornados território, configuram-se a partir de identidades,Clube, ou de restrições geográficas, Praia, e passam então a encenarexatamente as contradições que pretendiam romper. É para esse fracasso, quenão é mais o universalista, que o presente trabalho atenta.

Reading Chuck Palahniuk

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Kuhn
Keyword(s):  
Chuck Palahniuk

scholarly journals The Ethics of Perversion in Chuck Palahniuk's Novel Choke (La ética de perversión en la novella de Chuck Palahniuk Choke)

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Bikkyova
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Sexual Relation ◽  
Chuck Palahniuk ◽  
Sexual Encounters

The paper analyses the concept of perversion in Chuck Palahniuk’s famous novel Choke. Flowing from the theory of Sigmund Freud who defined perversion as any sexual activity deviating from a hetero-normative sexual relation with a procreative aim, Chokeencompasses such types of sexual perversions as fetishism, voyeurism, sadism, homoeroticism, rape or promiscuity. As the major character, Victor Mancini, is a sexual addict who also performs a masturbatory act defined as auto-asphyxia, his sexual encounters could definitely be called perverse. However, the various examples of perversions by which the novel is entwined seem to be eschewed by Palahniuk’s readers who praise the novel greatly, leaving positive responses on online resources dedicated to the novel’s reception. By these means, one could state that perverse literature is perceived as ‘cool’ nowadays, having the power not only to normalize perversion, but even to make it aesthetic.Key words: Perversion, Palahniuk, Choke, Freud, ReceptionPalabras claves: Perversión, Palahniuk, Choke, Freud, Recepción

scholarly journals EGO DEFENSE MECHANISM OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN "FIGHT CLUB" NOVEL (1996) PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Agus Hadi Puspito ◽  
Agnes Widyaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
Defense Mechanism ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Structural Theory ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Chuck Palahniuk ◽  
Fight Club ◽  
Ego Defense ◽  
Psychoanalytic Study

This research paper analyzed the ego defense mechanism by Sigmund Freud that are found in the main character of “Fight Club“ novel. The author of novel is Chuck Palahniuk in 1996. This research applied qualitative study, and the data are derived from the novel. The researcher focuses on causes of defense mechanism, the ego defense mechanism that the main character experienced and the effect that the main character got. The researcher found that anxiety is the cause why defense mechanism of the main character can active. The main character also applied ego defense mechanism namely displacement and reaction formation. And the effect for the main character is he becomes more bravely and easier to accept the reality.             The ego defense mechanism is an unconscious psychological process that helps a person overcome anxiety due to a stressful internal or external  environment. The defense mechanism finds its origin in Freud's structural theory of mind, which divides the human mind into three parts: id, ego, and superego. The interaction of the ego and superego gives rise to morality, guilty, and a conscience.

scholarly journals Middle Class Rebellion through the Main Characters in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 214
Author(s):  
Ali Muhammad ◽  
Andhika Pratiwi ◽  
Ria Herwandar
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Middle Classes ◽  
Chuck Palahniuk ◽  
Fight Club

<p><em>Abstract - </em><strong>This research entitled “Middle Class Rebellion through the Main Characters in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club” analyses the portrayal of the Middle Classes which is depicted through the main characters. These characters are undertaking a Rebellion towards the system of Capitalism that is depicted in the novel Fight Club. The theory used in this research is the theory of the intrinsic element of Characterization by M.H. Abrams and the theory Capitalism by Karl Marx which includes the theory of Alienation and the Struggle of Social Classes. This research focuses on the portrayal of how Middle Classes undertake their Rebellion which is depicted through the main characters in the novel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. This research has found that the two main characters are a depiction of the Middle Class and the Working Class. They rebel against Capitalism by doing small acts of vandalism which escalates into blackmail. The findings are that the real characteristics of modern society of the middle class can be seen  such as consumerism, restless life towards insomnia and workers who identify themselves as not workers.</strong></p><p><strong><em>Keywords - </em></strong><em>Middle Class, Rebellion, Social Class, Marxism, Capitalism</em></p>

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