GRGR 31 Shit'n'Shinola

[Terrance]

jbor wrote:
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> >From: Terrance <Lycidas at worldnet.att.net>
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> > Red Malcolm (a parody of Malcolm X,
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> Yes, "Red Malcolm the Unthinkable Nihilist".(64.31) Malcolm X, yes, but
> "parody"?

Yes, Parody. No doubt about it. Pynchon's pattern in GR (as
several of his better critics have noted) is basically
satire (Menippean, specifically), where the Menippean
convention of carnival appears as comedy and fantasy
juxtaposed with extensive parody.