questions (fwd)
Matt Treyvaud
m.treyvaud at ugrad.unimelb.edu.au
Tue Dec 8 21:06:22 CST 1998
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Tim Ware wrote:
> So I guess some guy went to HyperArts and decided to send a list of
> interrogatories which I'm really to busy to answer. Not that y'all aren't
> busy too, understand, but I thought some of you might want to, um, rise to
> the challenge.
>
> 1. the role of parody and black humor: Pynchon paradies many basic
> types of narratives and plot structures familiar to us all: knights
> tale, the mythic quest for identity, the Christian story of salvation,
> medieval romances, mass market romances. What do you suspect are his
> purposes in these parodies and satires?
[etc.]
Yeah, I remember English class.. doing your own research is a real bitch..
;)
Matt
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