V. (Ch 3) Itinerary

[Paul Mackin]

Just to further split infinitives I thought the chapter introduction led us
to believe it was Herbert himself who is "narrating" these imagined
events--forcible dislocation of personality being his narrational technique.

But who can really say.

                    P.


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From: "Dedalus" <dedalus204 at mediaone.net>
To: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>; "Pynchon-L" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: V. (Ch 3) Itinerary


> Just to split hairs:
>
> None of these sections is actually "narrated" by these characters.  Yes,
the
> episodes focus on each respective character, and occasionally dip
liberally into
> the thoughts of these characters, but there is a "typical" (if there CAN
be a
> typical) Pynchonesque third-person narrator here who occasionally comments
on
> the action taking place.  The narrator is separate from each episode's
> "protagonist."
>
> We now return you to your regularly scheduled e-mail, already in progress.
>
> Dedalus
>
> jbor wrote:
>
> > Just to clarify:
> >
> > i Day. In Alexandria (64.3). Narrated by P. Aeuil, a waiter.
> >
> > ii That evening. In Alexandria, at the Austrian consulate party.
Narrated by
> > Yuef the factotum.
> >
> > iii Later that evening. In Alexandria, after the consulate party.
Narrated
> > by "Maxwell Rowley-Bugge", a peregrine and fraud.
> >
> > iv Morning. Aboard the Alexandria-Cairo train. Narrated by Waldetar the
> > conductor.
> >
> > v Afternoon. In Cairo. (83.11) Narrated by Gebrail the carriage driver.
> >
> > vi "Three in the morning." In Cairo. (85.2 up) Narrated by Girgis the
> > mountebank.
> >
> > vii Afternoon. In Cairo. (92.22, 93.2) Narrated by Hanne the barmaid.
> >
> > viii That night. In Cairo at the opera. Narrated in the filmic present
> > tense.
> >
> > best
>