Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaThe presence of science in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow
The essay describes the sociological and epistemological aspects of the presence of science in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s rainbow, wherein the theme serves as a link to contemporary history, also having implications on the plot and on its narrative construction. A dialogue with Weber helps detect th...
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Revista de Letras
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/4707 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61701 |
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| author | Chagas, Pedro Dolabela |
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| description | The essay describes the sociological and epistemological aspects of the presence of science in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s rainbow, wherein the theme serves as a link to contemporary history, also having implications on the plot and on its narrative construction. A dialogue with Weber helps detect the critical component of Pynchon’s approach to science, while a dialogue with contemporary epistemology locates his skepticism towards the idealization of scientific racionality and of its ordinary practice. The interconnection of the three items that compose the exposition – “causality”, “bureaucracy” and “idea” – places science as a background for the analysis of Gravity’s rainbow’s understanding of the world contemporary to its release in 1973. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO617012022-03-18T16:20:34Z The presence of science in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow Presença da ciência em O arco-íris da gravidade, de Thomas Pynchon Chagas, Pedro Dolabela Thomas Pynchon Epistemology Sociology of science Contemporary novel Thomas Pynchon Epistemologia Sociologia da ciência Romance contemporâneo The essay describes the sociological and epistemological aspects of the presence of science in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s rainbow, wherein the theme serves as a link to contemporary history, also having implications on the plot and on its narrative construction. A dialogue with Weber helps detect the critical component of Pynchon’s approach to science, while a dialogue with contemporary epistemology locates his skepticism towards the idealization of scientific racionality and of its ordinary practice. The interconnection of the three items that compose the exposition – “causality”, “bureaucracy” and “idea” – places science as a background for the analysis of Gravity’s rainbow’s understanding of the world contemporary to its release in 1973. O artigo analisa a presença da ciência em O arco-íris da gravidade, de Thomas Pynchon, em seus aspectos sociológicos e epistemológicos. Observa-se o modo como o tema produz remissões à atualidade histórica, assim como as suas implicações para o enredo e a construção narrativa da obra. Um diálogo com Weber servirá como referência para a detecção do componente crítico da ficcionalização pynchoniana da ciência, assim como certo diálogo com a epistemologia contemporânea situará o seu ceticismo quanto à idealização da racionalidade e da prática científica regular. Os três itens que compõem a exposição – “causalidade”, “burocracia” e “ideia” –, em sua interconexão, colocam a ciência como fundamento para a análise do modo como O arco-íris da gravidade compreende o mundo contemporâneo ao seu lançamento, em 1973. 2011-11-16 2022-03-18T16:20:34Z 2022-03-18T16:20:34Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/4707 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61701 por https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/4707/4000 Copyright (c) 2011 Revista de Letras application/pdf Revista de Letras Revista de Letras Revista de Letras; Vol. 50 No. 2 (2010) Revista de Letras; v. 50 n. 2 (2010) 1981-7886 0101-3505 |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Pynchon Epistemology Sociology of science Contemporary novel Thomas Pynchon Epistemologia Sociologia da ciência Romance contemporâneo Chagas, Pedro Dolabela The presence of science in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow |
| title | The presence of science in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow |
| title_full | The presence of science in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow |
| title_fullStr | The presence of science in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow |
| title_full_unstemmed | The presence of science in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow |
| title_short | The presence of science in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow |
| title_sort | presence of science in thomas pynchon’s gravity’s rainbow |
| topic | Thomas Pynchon Epistemology Sociology of science Contemporary novel Thomas Pynchon Epistemologia Sociologia da ciência Romance contemporâneo |
| url | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/4707 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61701 |