LIKE A BAD DREAM: NAVIGATING NARRATIVE SPACES OF PANDEMIC-THEMED DREAM REPORTS
Ievgeniia Bondarenko, Valeriia Nikolaienko
Lege artis Language yesterday today tomorrow June 2, 2022 DOI: 10.34135/lartis.22.7.1.01 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractDream narratives about COVID-19 are analyzed through cognitive narrative theory to model the typical configuration of narrative space in dream reports. The research identifies explicit linguistic tags and implicit markers that indicate whether a narrative space is presented as real-world or dream-world. It also examines linear versus parallel relationships between the main dream-world and auxiliary real-world narration sequences.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Qualitative study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Dream Narrative criticism Space punctuation Narrative inquiry Narrative network |
| Key finding | Dream narratives about COVID-19 can be modeled by identifying linguistic markers that distinguish real-world and dream-world narrative spaces and by examining linear or parallel relationships between these spaces. |
Abstract
This article looks into dream narratives about COVID-19 in terms of cognitive narrative theory. Our research aims at modeling the typical narrative space configuration of a dream report. The article identifies explicit linguistic tags and implicit markers of the epistemic status of narrative spaces as real-world or dream-world. The study further explores the linear vs. parallel relationships between the narrative spaces of the main dream-world and auxiliary real-world narration sequences.