Prairie vs. Zoyd as Protagonist of Vineland

[Carvill, John]

> The older Zoyd-like reader described by John

Hmmm. Well I didn't mention anything about age, I don't think. Either way, not sure the reader's age comes into it.


> but a formal analysis of the text doesn't support either the Zoyd as protagonist or Takeshi as protagonist reading

Depends whose 'formal analysis'.

> my reading of VL as a novel about a girl named Prairie on a quest

That's a much more contentious statement than merely suggesting that Prairie is the 'protagonist' or 'central character'. What about VL as a novel about America, or about the 1960s, or about how the Sixties became the Eighties, or about family... etc?