Does the Broken Estate Have a Heart

[rich]

I don't really disagree, Spencer
all I would add at least w/r/t to someone like Faulkner is compare the
Traverse brothers with the Compsons, Sutpens or the Snopes--I feel the
latter(s) are much more fleshed out

hmm...parallels b/w Caddy Compson and Lake (a Townes Van Zandt
colorada heroine if there ever was one)

apples and oranges I know (love'em both)

rich

On 7/24/09, Spencer Thompson <st93 at sussex.ac.uk> wrote:
> I've always thought the 'Pynchon don't do character' line was a load of
> tosh. I'd go as far as to say the primary reason I read the guy is because
> I empathise so strongly with his characters.
> I think there maybe some kind of 'Chekovian' element at work in Pynchon, a
> kind of emotional constipation which means the characters aren't shouting
> about their feelings all the time, but the awkward silences and
> conversations, the way they physically react and then how this dovetails
> into plot developments tend to give me a good indication of their emotional
> response. Sort of like an episode of 'The Office'.
> AGtD was, for me, best when I could compare and contrast the reactions of
> the Traverse kids, like in the great scene near the beginning when Webb
> introduces them one-by-one to dynamite. What a great way of delineating,
> drawing lines in the sand, and setting up the arc of each.
> My two sestersi
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