MDDM World-as-text

[Doug Millison]

--- Otto <ottosell at yahoo.de> wrote: 
> Right, it's the Saussuran difference between
> signifier and signified he's
> referring to.


I don't see Pynchon's specific reference  to Saussure,
but P does distinguish between names and the things
they stand for. Text and the world aren't the same
thing in Pynchon -- his narratives distinguish the two
clearly enough -- although some deluded characters
(narrators, etc.) seem to get the two mixed up,
sometimes with tragic results.

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