Prairie vs. Zoyd as Protagonist of Vineland

[Dave Williams]

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

OK, sorry, I crossed up the Johns here. 

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

Sure does. 

> 
> > 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? 


Or, a novel abour work?