From: Chris Jones <ccjones-AT-turboweb.net.au> Subject: Re: PLC: Re: delillo underworld Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 16:36:53 +1100 Hi Troy, Thanks so much for that response. We both seem to have seen the same thing in DeLillo, but from different angles. Unfortunately I am behind schedule with my novel so should do it first meaning don't rush a reply and apologies for the short post. For now, quickly, I got my reading from reading Deleuze's seminars on Leibniz, which at first, brought into what I was trying to work out about some structural problems I was unsure of in my novel writing attempts, and then bounced onto another way of unpacking the thinking in DeLillo. The Leibniz seminars are at: http://www.imaginet.fr/deleuze/sommaire.html or by following the links from: http://www.langlab.wayne.edu/Romance/FreD_G/FRED>ranslations.html -if they are of any interests or use to you, that is. I am not wanting to nor am I writing anything on DeLillo, so if this helps, you are welcome to it. best wishes, Chris Jones. > > Yes, I am very interested in Underworld. I recently submitted to a journal > an essay I wrote dealing with DeLillo's use of chaos theory, Heraclitus' > philosophy, and Bell's THeorem - especially regarding his concept of > history. I see his concept of history being more molded by those things - > especially Bell's Theorem, as applied to History. Bell's Theorem is a theory > of quantum physics that states that whenever any two particles come into > contact with one another, they forever influence each other in a completely > random and unpredictable manner. We are not just talking a changed > trajectory from having bounced off of each other either. We are talking > about differences in spin, momentum, everything. If one particle undergoes a > change a thousand years after contacting a particle, it still affects that > other particle. I took this idea and looked at the way DeLillo represents > history. If you look at the interactions of his characters, you see that > seemingly small interactions between people sometimes become big (as chaos > theory would predict), and that each interaction between people forever > alters their trajectories through life. > > Troy Camplin > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Say Bye to Slow Internet! > http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html > > > > --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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