gr is gr is gr is ... (was: Friends of Dorothy)

[Lycidas at worldnet.att.net]

Lorentzen / Nicklaus wrote:
> 
> Lycidas at worldnet.att.net schrieb:
> 
> > GR is a Menippean Satire
> 
>   no, gr is gr. i don't doubt that the menippean satire is a relevant form here
>  (- actually i learned interesting things about it from you and from charles
>   hollander), maybe even the most relevant of the traditional prose forms. but
>   there are also other ones. i'm thinking of the bildungsroman, ...

 I think the journey to knowledge, maturation of
the  protagonist, is part of the Menippen satire, 
parodic, as in Oedipa Maas. In GR, Slothrop is both bait and
baited, the protagonist's obsession with V. or Tristero is
now a universal obsession with Slothrop and V-2. Slothrop's
picaresque
adventures and romantic obsession with the Rocket can be
seen as combining Benny (the picaro) and Stencil (the
quester).

But I agree with what you say here Kai, I agreed with Kieth
(I think) when he noted bildungsroman, in the archives,
don't ask where, search function still not working, I are
some posts on this. 

Thanks, 

TF

Thanks, Kai, good posts