Essays about: "Fight Club"

Found 5 essays containing the words Fight Club.

  1. 1. 'We all end up mutilated': Bodily destruction and self-mutilation in the first three novels by Chuck Palahniuk

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Jakob Eyjólfsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club Survivor Invisible Monsters Self-Mutilation Self-Destruction Mutilation Disfigurement Determinism Free Will; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this essay, I explore the motifs of bodily destruction and self-mutilation in the first three novels of American author Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club (1996), Survivor (1999) and Invisible Monsters (1999). These motifs are prevalent throughout the author’s work and are particularly noteworthy in how detailed and graphic the novels are. READ MORE

  3. 2. Embedded Madness: Mad Narrators and Possible Worlds

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Eloise Brason; [2019]
    Keywords : Mad Narrators; Narratology; Postclassical Narratology; Possible Worlds Theory; Fictional Worlds;

    Abstract : Madness has long been a popular theme for literature, featuring as a trope of horror, mystery, tragedy and comedy genres in varying degrees of amplitude. The topic has provided a significant access point for analysing historical, socio-political and cultural issues as it addresses controversial themes of alienation and criminality as well as philosophical theories of perception and consciousness. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fight Club : Post-Humanist Notions of the 'Body without Organs' and the 'Rhizome' in Chuck Palahniuk's Novel

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Martina Tosic; [2015]
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  5. 4. Violent Discoveries : Three theories on the protagonist's journey towards self-discovery through the use of violence in Chuck Palahniuk‟s Fight Club

    University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora; Akademin för utbildning och ekonomi

    Author : David Hurtig; [2011]
    Keywords : Fight Club; Chuck Palahniuk; Oedipal; masculinity; Marxism; violence;

    Abstract : The following essay analyzes the novel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk from three different perspectives; Marxism/capitalism, masculinity, and the Oedipal complex. The aim is to understand why the protagonist in the novel uses violence as a means of expression. READ MORE

  6. 5. Tri-Svabhava-Vada : Yogacara Buddhist theory applied on film

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Mattias Herbertsson; [2008]
    Keywords : Fight Club; Buddha; Buddhism; Yogacara; Cittamatra; Triple nature of reality; Tri-svabhava-vada;

    Abstract : A ‘religion means Christianity’ equivalence seem to be predominant within the academic publications on religion and film. If a ‘philosophical’ film does not fit within the Christian doctrine, secular philosophies are usually applied to it. This paper tries to do a Buddhist analysis of the film Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999). READ MORE