The New Evil: New-historical reading of society and Violence in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club

Messaoudi, Roumaissa; Kechida, Nawel

مجلة الرسالة للدراسات والبحوث الإنسانية
Volume 8, Numéro 4, Pages 127-138
2024-01-20

The New Evil: New-historical Reading Of Society And Violence In Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club

Authors : Messaoudi Roumaissa . Kechida Nawel .

Abstract

Among the new historicist principles, the historicity of text and the textuality of history, illustrate the impact of history in writing literature and literature in understanding history. (Greenblatt, 1984) New historicists concentrate on how events, places and culture within a society influence a written work. The representation of evil in literature, therefore, varied according to the culture and the period of publication. In the wake of the Holocaust, theorists including Hannah Arendt, centralize the contemporary perspective of evil by considering human violence as its preeminent. The literary portrayal of evil in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club revolves around the use of individual and collective violence. This article investigates the impact of violence in the history of the American culture and the creation of violent individuals