Pynchon as propaganda

[Terrance]

"P. Chevalier" wrote:
> 
> Twice... Pig Bodine surprisingly quotes Sartre when trying to seduce a girl
> at a party (is it Paola or Rachel...) and, if I remember well, Profane is
> reading a comics about an existencialist sheriff...
> But actually the whole novel is full of Sartian concepts, especially if we
> consider "La Critique de la Raison Dialectique: Théorie des ensembles
> pratiques"; tnesion entre l'inanimé et le vivant, devenir objet de la
> conscience, articulation de l'engagement individuel et de la praxis de
> groupe... Sorry for using the french words, I can't really translate
> them... But "V" can be read as a purely Sartrian epos; this is actually
> what I am currently trying to demonstrate in a thesis I am working on...
> Thanks for bringing the subject to debate!


Well,  sure would like to read more about how one could read V. as a
purely Sartrian epos. Since Sartre is being read and quoted by Pig and
other members of the sick crew can we expect that the author has written
a purely Sartrian epos?