dreaming and narrative theoryRichard Walsh

two stages:

the case for viewing dreams as narrative, rather than hallucinatory experience

the consequences, if so, for narrative theory

two approaches not pursued

Dennett against dream experiences

Freud’s view of the dreamwork as representational discourse

dreams in the cognitive sciences

psychological accounts v. physiological accounts:

David Foulkes: operation of reflective consciousness in sleep

Alan Hobson: activation-synthesis model of sleeping brain states

restriction of the cognitive dimension of dreaming

Peirce and the percept as sign

dreams compared to memories

representational

narrative

percepts

dreampercept

s

memories

dreams

fictive

the relations between perceptions, memories and dreams

representational

narrative

percepts

dreampercept

s

memories

dreams

fictive

the relations between perceptions, memories and dreams

representational

narrative

percepts

dreampercept

s

memories

dreams

fictive

the relations between perceptions, memories and dreams

representational

narrative

percepts

dreampercepts memorie

s

dreams

fictive

the relations between perceptions, memories and dreams

representational

narrative

percepts

dreampercept

s

memories

dreams

fictive

the relations between perceptions, memories and dreams

the self in dreams

tension between the “I” who experiences dream events and the “I” who produces the dream

reflective consciousness in lucid dreaming

narrative immersion contrasted with immersion in a simulation

consequences for narrative theory

fictionality

narrativity

story and discourse

the narrator

voice

medium

narrative creativity

affective response