GRGR(29) - The Grid, The Comb

[Dave Monroe]

Perhaps the problem is that Modernist/postmodernist binary in the first place.
While I'd have no difficulty leaning toward the latter--thinking esp. of Linda
Hutcheon's notion of "historiographic metafiction" as a "postmodern" genre as
evoked here earlier, of J-F Lyotard's characterization of the "postmodern" as
entailing a distrust of "grand narratives" (which is not to say that GR is
neither a narrative, nor grand, but ...), of the world/literary historical
moment of Gravity's Rainbow in general--it does seem responsible to posit just
how and where and when and why that slash is being written, to specify how a
given work is "modernist" vs. "postmodernist" (and vice versa), and so forth and
so on ... so perhaps jbor might specify?  It's not a prticular bone of
contention to me, however, though, again, I do have my predilection(s) ...

David Morris wrote:

> >From: "jbor"
> >
> >>>From: Terrance: I also think this story is told by Slothrop. Whata think
> >>>about that?<<<
>
> >If it is told by Slothrop (which seems doubtful even so) then it would tend
> >to contradict the earlier contention that *GR* is a straight Modernist
> >narrative. You [DM] seem to be hinting at this too:<
>
> >>But I think we're in a realm now in GR where it's getting more and more
> >>futile to try to link the narrative to any reality.  Threads and Themes
> >>seem to take precedence, and the characters are only there for
> >>illuminating the issues.<<
>
> Who in the world could contend that GR was a "straight Modernist narrative?"
>   Maybe I don't understand the term???
> DM
>
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