Representation of mental disorders in early works of Chuck Palahniuk

• Thesis title in Czech: Zobrazení psychických poruch v raném díle Chucka Palahniuka
• Thesis title in English: Representation of mental disorders in early works of Chuck Palahniuk
• Key words: Palahniuk, psychické poruchy, trauma, schizofrenie, post-traumatická stresová porucha, mnohočetná osobnost, závislá porucha osobnosti, narcistická porucha osobnosti, amnézie
• English key words: Palahniuk, mental disorders, trauma, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociative identity disorder, dependent personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, amnesia
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2014/2015
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Supervisor: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor, waiting for guarantor's approval
• Date of registration: 31.01.2015
• Date of assignment: 31.01.2015
• Date and time of defence: 12.09.2017 10:00
• Venue of defence: M. Rettigové 4, Praha 1, R325A, 325A, posluchárna VV, 3. patro, vlevo, zadní trakt
• Date of electronic submission: 13.07.2017
• Date of proceeded defence: 12.09.2017
• Course: Diploma Thesis (OSZD004)
• Opponents: doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D.

References

Primární literatura:

Palahniuk, Chuck. Fight Club. New York: W. W. Norton, 1996. Print.

Palahniuk, Chuck. Invisible Monsters. New York: W.W. Norton, 1999. Print.

Palahniuk, Chuck. Survivor. New York: W. W. Norton, 1999. Print.

Sekundární literatura:

Collado-Rodríguez, Francisco. Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Choke. London: Bloomsbury, 2013. Print.

Felman, Shoshana, and Dori Laub. Testimony: Crises of Witnessing in Literature, Psychoanalysis, and History. New York: Routledge, 1991. Print.

Hume, Kathryn. Aggressive Fictions: Reading the Contemporary American Novel. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2011. Print.

Kuhn, Cynthia G. Reading Chuck Palahniuk: American Monsters and Literary Mayhem. New York: Routledge, 2009. Print.

Stirrings Still. Binghamton, NY: English Dept. of Binghamton U, 2004. Print.

Preliminary scope of work

Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá zobrazením psychických poruch způsobených traumatem v knihách Klub rváčů, Neviditelné nestvůry a Program pro přeživší Chucka Palahniuka. Teoretická část se soustředí na představení jednotlivých psychických poruch a praktická analyzuje způsoby, kterými jsou poruchy zobrazeny v knihách.

Preliminary scope of work in English

This thesis is concerned with the ways mental disorders caused by trauma are represented in the novels Fight Club, Invisible Monsters and Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. The theoretical part focuses on introduction of the mental disorders and trauma, while the practical part analyses the individual ways the disorders are presented in the novels.