VL-IV (12) Memesis, Magical Realism & Parrots, 172/173, 233/226

[Dave Monroe]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Robin Landseadel
<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Feb 25, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:
>
>> has anyone commented yet on parrots as emblematic of mimesis . . . ?
>
>
>        "¡Pendejo!" screamed the parrot. "Think! Double refraction! Your
>        favorite optical property! Silver mines, full of espato double-
>        refracting all the time, and not only light rays, naw, uh-uh! Cities,
>        too! People! Parrots! You just keep floating along in that gringo
>        smoke cloud, thinking there's only one of everything, huevon,
>        you don't see those strange lights all around you. Ay,
>        Chihuahua. In fact, Ay, Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Kid engineers!
>        All alike. Closed minds. Always been your problem."
>        Against the Day, page 387
>
> Think! Double refraction!
>
> Pynchon's narrative processes are driven more by poetry than plotting....

Thanks again!