Pynchon and the Other

[Jade Becker]

Neat -- it's encouraging to see these sorts of articles out there. Seems
like many are beginning to see literature as irrelevant or impractical.
Glad to see that there are still those who think otherwise!

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 8:27 PM, Bruno Nogueira <bruno.laze at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting, I had just closed the tab of the article below when I saw
> your e-mail.
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/02/literature-
> teaches-us-to-understand-the-other?CMP=fb_a-culture_b-gdnculture
>
> 2016-12-08 22:14 GMT-06:00 Jade Becker <jbecker13 at georgefox.edu>:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've only recently joined the P-list, but I thought you all might be able
>> to help point me in the right direction.
>>
>> I'm currently working on a thesis of sorts about how Pynchon addresses
>> issues of alterity and suppression in *Gravity's Rainbow*. I'm
>> particularly interested in how his fragmentary style and use of free
>> indirect discourse affects the reader's experience of the Other, and how
>> *GR*'s multi-voicedness perhaps even challenges the whole notion of an
>> Other.
>>
>> I'm reaching the end of my primary readings and would like to delve into
>> some secondary stuff. I've read David Cowart's *Thomas Pynchon and the
>> Dark Passages of History* (which I thought was great), but wanted to see
>> if anyone on the P-list had recommendations for some solid articles that
>> address this sort of issue (in *GR* or elsewhere).
>>
>> Thanks a bunch.
>>
>> Jade
>>
>
>


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Jade Becker
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George Fox University | Class of 2017
Writing Consultant, George Fox University Academic Resource Center
*The Crescent*, Editor-in-Chief
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