Article on entropy in Gaddis novels

[edmoorester at gmail.com]

http://www.latest-science-articles.com/Philosophy_Humanities/Entropy-in-William-Gaddis-s-Novels-13613.html

"In his novels, entropy is not only an important concept formally  
discussed, but also becomes the theme and structure in all his narratives.  
In his entire writing career, Gaddis has been a social and cultural critic,  
showing his deep concern over the entropic collapse in the post-war  
American society and the tangible threat of disorder in the postmodern  
human world."

This passage below really helps me in attempting to relate to this  
prose/narration in ch 2.


"Thinking that traditional narrative is no longer fit to express the  
historical discontinuity, the alienation of human beings in the  
postindustrial society, Gaddis assiduously searches for new and unique  
writing techniques such as the disrupted time and space, indeterminate  
fictional writing, fragmented, discontinuous conversation full of  
informational entropy to manifest the deconstruction of communication,  
which is the symptom of the decay of postmodern civilization and reinforces  
its decline."

ed
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