Fight Club is the first novel (with the possible exception of the hypertext Patchwork Girl) we've read that isn't normally classified as horror. From what we've discussed this semester, as well as your own observations while reading, what defines the horror genre? Does Fight Club fit with this paradigm of horror? If so, what makes it horror? If not, why not? And what genre, if any, would you label it?
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Blog 9: Fight Club and Style
Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club is written using a style different from any of the other works we've read. As we discussed in class, this is partly related to the time period during which the book was written (1996). Discuss the relationship between Palahniuk's style and changing societal norms and values in the 1990s-2000s. How does the society a novel is produced influence the style of the novel? Also consider the other novels we've read in terms of style/year produced. For example, House of Leaves was written 4 years after Fight Club, though the 2 novels have seemingly disparate styles. Are there any connections between the styles of the 2 novels?
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