TP dialect

[Sean Kinch]

"Jason" writes:

>Much of what _Vineland_ is about seems to be the Tube. With this in mind, it
>seems appropriate that dialects be taken from the Tube and movies. Much of
>the story and characters is right out of comics and saturday afternoon
>movies.

Have you read Brian McHale's essay on the use of tv tropes and narrative
modes in "Vineland"?  The essay, entitled something like "Zap!: The Art of
Channel Surfing in 'Vineland,'" is in a collection of essays, "Constructing
Postmodernism" (I think that's the title).


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Sean Kinch
University of Texas at Austin
samkink at utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
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