GR and structure

[Shirley Lim]

On this GR as antithesis to novel thing:
     I've always read GR as a direct attack on the entire concept of a
novel.  The two opposing symbols are the parabola and the mandala, right?
The rocket walks the line between the two. So, the parabola looks
suspiciously like the standard plot diagram. There's rising action, climax
(brechenschlauss (sp?)), etc. Meanwhile, GR has four sections -- just like
the rocket mandala. They oppose one another, but balance. 1 and 4 have
Tyrone faiding in and out respectively, etc. So, Pynchon may be attacking
western culture with the very structure of his novel, not just by foiling
expectations, but also by responding with an alternative structure just as
self-consistant and "solid" as the standard plot arc.
     So, what'd'ya think? Standard Novel=Cult Of The Zero, and GR=life?
     On this same thought, has anyone picked up any indications the end of
GR leading back into the beginning, like with COL_49's last sentence
containing the title, or Joyce's broken sentence in WAKE? 
     

         Gershom Bazerman (from the wrong address)