Reading and discussing Pynchon's texts

[jbor]

on 7/6/03 4:08 AM, Vincent A. Maeder wrote:

> 
> So, my question, again, is not what is the Author saying, rather what
> did he write that caused you to have that emotional and psychological
> response? What makes this writing resonate with you?  What coheres the
> POV for you?  What breaks the POV for you?  Does that break in POV
> change the emotional and psychological reaction?  In what manner?  Does
> this progress the story?  Is the piece effectively bringing about a
> coherent POV?  An understandable plot?  A consistent character?
> 
> What, in other words, in the artistic process has caused your
> perceptions?  Your emotional and psychological response?

In other words, what does the text "mean" to you? Go for it.

Setting up all these methodological ground rules is fine and dandy, but are
you ever actually going to say something about one of Pynchon's texts?

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