Chuck Palahniuk, Parodist: Postmodern Irony In Six Transgressive Novels

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.

• | Author: David McCracken
• | Publisher: Mcfarland & Company
• | Publication Date: Jul 12, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 228 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 0786479299
• | ISBN-13: 9780786479290