In this thesis, I focus on American transgressive fiction of the second half of the 20th century from which I selected three novels, namely: Nova Express, American Psycho, and Fight Club. After establishing a theoretical framework based on Michel Foucault's theories of discourse and transgression, further developed by Chris Jenks, I define the genre of transgressive fiction with its characteristic features and themes. While employing concepts of the carnivalesque, grotesque, and Robin Mookerjee's theory of the mock-epic, I then link themes of human body and violence to the tradition of transgressive fiction. Using the method of categorizing literary attacks by Kathryn Hume and reading transgressive elements in the texts as a critical examination of dominant ideologies and systems from the extra-textual context, as proposed by Coco d'Hont, I further analyze the role of body imagery and violent acts portrayed in the selected novels. I focus primarily on the relation between the nature of violence performed on human bodies and the ideological, political, or social practices operating in the depicted environment.
Anotace v angličtině
In this thesis, I focus on American transgressive fiction of the second half of the 20th century from which I selected three novels, namely: Nova Express, American Psycho, and Fight Club. After establishing a theoretical framework based on Michel Foucault's theories of discourse and transgression, further developed by Chris Jenks, I define the genre of transgressive fiction with its characteristic features and themes. While employing concepts of the carnivalesque, grotesque, and Robin Mookerjee's theory of the mock-epic, I then link themes of human body and violence to the tradition of transgressive fiction. Using the method of categorizing literary attacks by Kathryn Hume and reading transgressive elements in the texts as a critical examination of dominant ideologies and systems from the extra-textual context, as proposed by Coco d'Hont, I further analyze the role of body imagery and violent acts portrayed in the selected novels. I focus primarily on the relation between the nature of violence performed on human bodies and the ideological, political, or social practices operating in the depicted environment.
Klíčová slova
transgression, transgressive fiction, carnivalesque, violence, corporeality, human body, Nova Express, American Psycho, Fight Club
Klíčová slova v angličtině
transgression, transgressive fiction, carnivalesque, violence, corporeality, human body, Nova Express, American Psycho, Fight Club
Rozsah průvodní práce
102
Jazyk
AN
Anotace
In this thesis, I focus on American transgressive fiction of the second half of the 20th century from which I selected three novels, namely: Nova Express, American Psycho, and Fight Club. After establishing a theoretical framework based on Michel Foucault's theories of discourse and transgression, further developed by Chris Jenks, I define the genre of transgressive fiction with its characteristic features and themes. While employing concepts of the carnivalesque, grotesque, and Robin Mookerjee's theory of the mock-epic, I then link themes of human body and violence to the tradition of transgressive fiction. Using the method of categorizing literary attacks by Kathryn Hume and reading transgressive elements in the texts as a critical examination of dominant ideologies and systems from the extra-textual context, as proposed by Coco d'Hont, I further analyze the role of body imagery and violent acts portrayed in the selected novels. I focus primarily on the relation between the nature of violence performed on human bodies and the ideological, political, or social practices operating in the depicted environment.
Anotace v angličtině
In this thesis, I focus on American transgressive fiction of the second half of the 20th century from which I selected three novels, namely: Nova Express, American Psycho, and Fight Club. After establishing a theoretical framework based on Michel Foucault's theories of discourse and transgression, further developed by Chris Jenks, I define the genre of transgressive fiction with its characteristic features and themes. While employing concepts of the carnivalesque, grotesque, and Robin Mookerjee's theory of the mock-epic, I then link themes of human body and violence to the tradition of transgressive fiction. Using the method of categorizing literary attacks by Kathryn Hume and reading transgressive elements in the texts as a critical examination of dominant ideologies and systems from the extra-textual context, as proposed by Coco d'Hont, I further analyze the role of body imagery and violent acts portrayed in the selected novels. I focus primarily on the relation between the nature of violence performed on human bodies and the ideological, political, or social practices operating in the depicted environment.
Klíčová slova
transgression, transgressive fiction, carnivalesque, violence, corporeality, human body, Nova Express, American Psycho, Fight Club
Klíčová slova v angličtině
transgression, transgressive fiction, carnivalesque, violence, corporeality, human body, Nova Express, American Psycho, Fight Club
Zásady pro vypracování
This thesis aims to analyse the role of violence against human body in American transgressive fiction from the 1950s till the terrorist attacks in 2001, mainly in selected works by William S. Burroughs, Bret. E. Ellis, and Chuck Palahniuk. Using the theoretical framework of transgression as a tool to examine and question limits of current accepted ideologies, the focus of this paper is to identify various forms and development of violent acts, in literary fiction, as way of transgressing social, cultural, or moral norms of the examined time period.
Zásady pro vypracování
This thesis aims to analyse the role of violence against human body in American transgressive fiction from the 1950s till the terrorist attacks in 2001, mainly in selected works by William S. Burroughs, Bret. E. Ellis, and Chuck Palahniuk. Using the theoretical framework of transgression as a tool to examine and question limits of current accepted ideologies, the focus of this paper is to identify various forms and development of violent acts, in literary fiction, as way of transgressing social, cultural, or moral norms of the examined time period.
Seznam doporučené literatury
d'Hont, Coco. Extreme States: The Evolution of American Transgressive Fiction 1960-2000. Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature. Kindle Edition. 2018.
Foucault, Michel. "A Preface to Transgression” in Language, Counter-memory, Practice: Selected Essays and Interviews. Ed. & trans. by Donal F. Bouchard. 29–52. Cornell University Press. 1977.
Foucault, Michel. "The Order of Discourse” in Untying the Text: A Post-Structualist Reader. Ed. by Robert Young, transl. by Ian McLeod. 51–78. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1981.
Jackson, Rosemary: Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion. Routledge: Tylor & Francis e-Library. 2009.
Mookerjee, Robin. Transgressive Fiction: The New Satiric Tradition. Palgrave Macmillan. 2013.
Silverblatt, Michael. "Shock Appeal: Who Are These Writers, and Why Do They Want to Hurt Us? The New Fiction of Transgression.” LA Times, 1 Aug. 1993.
Seznam doporučené literatury
d'Hont, Coco. Extreme States: The Evolution of American Transgressive Fiction 1960-2000. Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature. Kindle Edition. 2018.
Foucault, Michel. "A Preface to Transgression” in Language, Counter-memory, Practice: Selected Essays and Interviews. Ed. & trans. by Donal F. Bouchard. 29–52. Cornell University Press. 1977.
Foucault, Michel. "The Order of Discourse” in Untying the Text: A Post-Structualist Reader. Ed. by Robert Young, transl. by Ian McLeod. 51–78. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1981.
Jackson, Rosemary: Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion. Routledge: Tylor & Francis e-Library. 2009.