"The Crying of Lot 49"

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the postmodern aspects of Thomas Pynchon's "The Crying of Lot 49." The paper discusses how Pynchon blends unreality, parody, inner consciousness and a sense of humor into the novel. The paper portrays how human emotions and values are detached and unreal in this work. The paper looks at Pynchon's views and shows how his unreal characters demonstrate little hope or regard for humanity.

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"Pynchon conceptualizes reality differently throughout the novel, but there is a common thread of unreality and fantasy woven throughout it as well. The plot is convoluted and difficult to follow, the situations Oedipa often finds herself in are ludicrous at best, and the ending is a dramatic drop-off that leaves the reader hanging. Reality is skewed in this novel, and that is one of the main concepts in postmodernist writing, as well."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Barthes, Roland. "The Death of the Author." North Carolina State University. 2007. 5 March 2007. <http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/wyrick/debclass/whatis.htm>
• Pynchon, Thomas. The Crying of Lot 49. New York: Perennial Classics, 1999.

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