Pynchon as propaganda

[P. Chevalier]

I guess it is slightly exaggerated to reduce "V." to that. What I say is 
that it is quite possible, and even conceptually productive, to read "V." 
trough that interpretative prism, eventhough many other approaches are 
equally possible; this reading would be more than a pure exercise of 
hybridation. The point is that some important themes running through the 
novel were thematised in Sartre's essays.
And I'm sure no quotation is innocent when coming from Pynchon, even when 
the quotation is satyrical or ironic. The "Italian Fake Book" joke in 
"Vineland" wasn't innocent either; a Deleuzian reading of Mason and Dixon 
or Gravity's Rainbow can also make sense.


At 10:21 8/04/2003 -0400, Terrance wrote:


>"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?