Discussion Tip Of The Day

[Don Corathers]

Jasper's--

s~Z mighta been shuckin a little bit. Sometimes it's hard to tell with him.

And I sure wouldn't want to make a brief for a rigidly critical discussion of V. on this list, credentials required at the door. For one thing, they wouldn't let me in. But I think there's an important point in Thomas's observation--that it is useful to observe the distinction between the voice of the author and those of his characters. Seems kind of basic to me. 

Don

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From: 	Jasper's Selfhood[SMTP:lycidas2 at earthlink.net]
Sent: 	Sunday, October 15, 2000 6:46 PM
To: 	s~Z
Cc: 	pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: 	Re: Discussion Tip Of The Day



s~Z wrote:
> 
> "The negligence of, for example, narrative mode or POV in favour of a 1 to 1
> "The author says" or "The author tells us" approach has done a lot of harm
> to list discussion in the past, IMHO."

And, another thing, it seems to me that this is impossible
to avoid. IMHO this is not the problem. Sorry s-Z I usually
agree with you on these matters, but here I must say, this
idea of authorial intent or the didactic element of TRP's
fiction is a  critical issue not a list issue. The harm done
to the discussion here has little, IMHO, to do with this
critical point of contention.