hi!

[Eleonora Lacorte]

Il giorno 28-05-2002 1:54, Utz Kloeppelt, Utz.Kloeppelt at gmx.de ha scritto:


I'm glad you find my idea fine, I'm finding it very pleasant to work on.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm working on the way food affects both
characters and their way of seeing what surrounds them politically, socially
and sentimentally. In brief, how food determines characters and their
construction and constitution both mentally and physically.
Actually I'm almost going mad taking note of all the food signs scattered
throughout such two books!
I knew of the food corporation connected with the banana breakfast but to be
sincere I didn't think of Andy Warhol....I'll check it out for sure.

Actually I'm not working on V. but I noted as interesting and very funny the
"Suck Hour" in the first chapter...it's not properly about food...but the
metaphor is surely related to feeding.


Thanks
Eleonora

 
> Hi Eleonora,
> 
> that´s a really fine idea for your final paper. I am currently working
> on Pynchon, but haven´t checked the food-details either.
> 
> Make sure that you do not simply include fast consumer culture, which
> of course, is a core critique of what many U.S. citizens are doing to
> their stomachs. But rather think about those food signs: from the
> banana to the sandwich, those words carry cultural, political, and
> last but not least poetic implications. If you do follow them there
> are sure to be striking results.
> 
> I can´t be more specific, however. Just one example: the banana
> breakfast in GR. It immediately reminds you of the imperialistic
> tendencies of a well known U.S. food corporation as well as of Andy
> Warhol´s Banana. Go ahead and check it out.
> 
> What about V.: are there any?
> 
> Have fun,
> 
> Utz Klöppelt
>