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Character with no name

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MoSeS:
What is this device called when an author uses a character but never gives the character a name.

For example, Fight Club.

I can't find other examples right now, but i know there are many others that have used this as well.

Sometimes supporting characters that have a large roll, but are simply "the man" or "boy", etc.

Enjorous:
I don't know what the literary term but Cormac McCarthy loves to do it

LizW65:
Here's what TV Tropes has to say on the subject:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoNameGiven

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