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SUMMARY:Dreamwork\, Magical Thinking and Creativity in Literary Writing
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DESCRIPTION:<p>Please note that this talk is at 11am-12pm Melbourne time. Use Australian Eastern Daylight Time when daylight savings applies (first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April).&nbsp\; Use Australian Eastern Standard Time for rest of the time</p>\n<p><strong>Description<a name="_Hlk158758506"></a>:&nbsp\;</strong>Literary fiction often features scenarios and events that appear dream-like or magical. In this talk\, I will discuss how elements related to dreams and magical thinking find their way into literary fiction through authors&rsquo\; creative practices\, based on interviews with Gy&ouml\;rgy Dragom&aacute\;n\, Marina Warner and Siri Hustvedt. I approach the matter in the theoretical contexts of predictive processing and 4E cognition\, where I understand fiction as a mode for navigating a mental state between focussed\, mindful attention and mind-wandering (Kukkonen 2020\; Kukkonen 2019\; Fabry and Kukkonen 2019). The question I address is what practices authors draw on in order to create linguistic designer environments that enable readers to enter such a state. I discuss three case studies: Gy&ouml\;rgy Dragom&aacute\;n&rsquo\;s use of highly embodied mental imagery in the creative process\, Marina Warner&rsquo\;s exploration of magical thinking as an alternative causality track in autobiographical writing\, and Siri Hustvedt&rsquo\;s rethinking of Freud&rsquo\;s dreamwork\, in particular the notions of displacement and overdetermination. What emerges is an account in which &ldquo\;weak&rdquo\; forms of thought (Vattimo 1988) creatively open new realms for the human mind.</p>\n<p><strong>Zoom link</strong>: Please click this URL to start or join. https://monash.zoom.us/j/82930490814?pwd=bTFjMVBEak5lZ1JFVWJ0ajVxYjhYZz09</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Or\, go to https://monash.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 829 3049 0814 and passcode: 800707</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Ensure your device has a dedicated microphone and webcam.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; **Please do not share these details with those not on the participant list**</p>\n<p>Join from a dial-in phone:</p>\n<p>Dial: +61 3 990 59666 [+61 3 9905 ZOOM] or +61 2 8015 2088</p>\n<p>Meeting ID: 829 3049 0814</p>\n<p>International numbers available: <a href="https://monash.zoom.us/u/kdPgBRTk7D">https://monash.zoom.us/u/kdPgBRTk7D</a></p>\n<p>Meeting ID: 829 3049 0814</p>\n<p>Passcode: 800707</p>
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