Chuck Palahniuk, Parodist

Chuck Palahniuk, Parodist
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 229
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ISBN-10 : 9780786479290
ISBN-13 : 0786479299
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Book Synopsis Chuck Palahniuk, Parodist by : David McCracken

Download or read book Chuck Palahniuk, Parodist written by David McCracken and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chuck Palahniuk, America's premier transgressive novelist, enjoys a tremendous readership. Yet he has not necessarily been embraced by critics or academics. His prose is considered vulgar by some, but his body of work addresses a core motivation of 21st-century life: individual self-empowerment. Palahniuk writes about what it means to be on the outside looking in, revising familiar narratives for a contemporary audience to get at the heart of the human condition--everyone wants a chance to win his or her fair share, no matter the cost. In Haunted, Snuff, Pygmy, Tell-All, Damned and Invisible Monsters Remix, he confronts marginalization and disenfranchisement through parodies of various works--The Decameron, The Inferno, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, The Elephant Man--as well as Hollywood history, 1970s karate films and the porn industry. This comprehensive study of six novels refutes criticism that Palahniuk's goals are to shock and sensationalize.


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