MDDM World-as-text

[Otto]

I couldn't disagree more!

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: MDDM World-as-text
>
>
> Otto wrote:
> > Postmodernism isn't especially anti-Christian, that should be clear by
now.
> > The Christian myth is only one of the myths, the meta-histories
> > deconstructed by pomo. Others are Marxism, Truth, History etc:
>
>
> Right. It's not postmodern or deconstructive theories that are
> especially anti-Christian, but rather the way in which you guys abuse
> these to smash religion, and especially the Christian religion, more
> specifically, of late,  Catholics.
>
> Turning to Pynchon's texts with both approaches exposes the very real
> purpose for your
> posts--your anti_Christian bias.
>
> Out one side of your mouth you praise the postmodern-deconstructions of
> P's texts, that is the **theory** you apply to it, attributes to the
> author or the "text" the  questioning (although both you and Jbor are
> more prone to condemnation and not mere questioning when it comes to
> Christianity) of traditional assumptions about certainty, identity, and
> truth.
>
> Out the other corner of your mouth you hold to the postmodern language
> game that asserts that words can only refer to other words, that the
> world, once thought about or given expression, is a text. Moreover, you
> attempt (when convenient, even to ridiculous and absurd contradictions
> and generalizations--usually when debating with Doug M.) to demonstrate
> how statements about any text subvert their own meanings.
>
> In addition, you argue that there is no meaning to be found in the
> actual text, but only in the various, often mutually irreconcilable,
> "writing of texts" (this is what we used to call reading)  constructed
> by readers in their search for meaning.
>
> In addition, Jbor and yourself, use this "reader response" like hammer
> to accuse readers of Pynchon's texts of having prejudices and
> "world-views" completely at odds with what Mr. Pynchon espouses in his
> texts.
>
> Cheers,
>
> T

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