Prairie vs. Zoyd as Protagonist of Vineland

[Robin Landseadel]

Dang!

I thought it was about 1984.

On Sep 9, 2010, at 8:12 AM, Dave Williams wrote:

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>> Hmmm. Well I didn't mention anything about age, I don't
>> think. Either way, not sure the reader's age comes into it.
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> OK, sorry, I crossed up the Johns here.
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>>> but a formal analysis of the text doesn't support
>> either the Zoyd as protagonist or Takeshi as protagonist
>> reading
>>
>> Depends whose 'formal analysis'.
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> Sure does.
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>>> 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?
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> Or, a novel abour work?