Thomas Pynchon: el "thriller" como experimento metafictivo en The Crying of Lot 49

This essay aims at exploring Pynchon's use of the thriller as a means to express his ideas on the writer and his fiction in The Crying of Lot 49. The thematic movement that the thriller presents is structured in the quest of the protagonist, and the role of the reader is as important as that of...

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Autor: Pérez Gil, Maria del Mar
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Fecha de publicación:1991
País:España
Institución:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)
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spelling Thomas Pynchon: el "thriller" como experimento metafictivo en The Crying of Lot 49Pérez Gil, Maria del MarThis essay aims at exploring Pynchon's use of the thriller as a means to express his ideas on the writer and his fiction in The Crying of Lot 49. The thematic movement that the thriller presents is structured in the quest of the protagonist, and the role of the reader is as important as that of the fictional creature, since he also participates actively in the quest. Both are mocked, however, in the roles they are expected to play. The pseudo-objectivity with which Pynchon charges History and the god-like mask the author can choose to wear when writing the novel serve Pynchon the purpose of questioning fixed structures in narrative —the thriller being one of them— and supporting the writer's stance as breaker of rules and ultimate link on which any fiction depends.202320231991info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/31120reponame:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Lagunainstname:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)EspañolRevista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses Año 1991, n. 22-23, pp. 217-223;Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riull.ull.es:915/311202026-06-22T13:13:57Z
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title Thomas Pynchon: el "thriller" como experimento metafictivo en The Crying of Lot 49
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