Concepts as characters (was: Why don't women read Pynchon?)

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Actually, someone else (Ande?) provided this link.

Even if we accept that the characters are concepts, I've been disappointed that Pynchon didn't provide us with a protagonist (Slothrop, Oedipa) or at least dual protagonist (Mason-Dixon, Profane-Stencil).  The protagonist family, the Traverses, is overpopulated, IMO.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Monte Davis <monte.davis at verizon.net>

>I'd like to tease this thread out of "male vs. female readers," which IMHO
>brings in lots of irrelevant baggage. A goosd starting point is what I wish
>I'd read before: ALL (it's shoirt) of this link Laura provided:
>
>http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid28706.aspx