Masculinity and violence in Chuck Palahniuk´s Fight Club

Abstract

This bachelor thesis is concerned with Chuck Palahniuk's novel Fight Club, which is often regarded as a testimony of Generation X. The theoretical part of the thesis provides a historical and cultural context for the book analysis with an emphasis on masculinity, toxic masculinity and violence. Furthermore, this part also deals with identity questions as well as with a mental illness dissociative identity disorder, about which Fight Club rose public awareness. The analytical part of the thesis analysis Palahniuk's viewpoints on masculinity, violence as well as identity and it investigates what literary devices he uses to inexplicitly manifest his thoughts and ideas.