Tom LeClair's "Closing the Loop" was one of the most helpful summaries by far. He does an excellent job of not only summarizing but analyzing this confusing story, "White Noise." He is able to describe very important but yet simple things to us such as when, where,who, and what. I got to have a great insight on the importance of the supermarket that was simply nothing to me at first. He warns us of the short, choppy fragmented sentences that DeLillo uses and how to interpret them too. Tom LeClair introduces new elements that he sees in "White Noise," "is structurally and stylistically simple; it lacks their spatil forms, temporal dislocation framed analogies, overlapping subtexts, and multiple voices." (LeClair pg.390) Le Clair gives us great insight however even after reading these closing articles I am still left with questions that I will have to go back and look for in "White Noise."
DeLillo, Don. White Noise. New York: Penguin, 1998. Print.
I agree that LeClair's essay broke down the novel in the clearest way. I would say that White Noise is one of those books that changes in meaning depending on who is reading it and what they personally find in it. I bet I could read this book again in 5 years and find different meanings in it. Thanks for the great post. :)
ReplyDeleteMolly, good blog this week. Thanks for your insight into LeClaire's article. I agree with you his article is helpful in breaking down some of the confusion that I faced with this whole story. I also agree with Vanessa's comment to your blog. This feels like a story that can easily have various meanings for who is reading it. I guess thats like many things we read, but maybe this more then the average. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
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