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1jackball74
First off, if you haven't read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" please be warned there will be spoilers!
Does anyone know if there is a name given to the "dream before death" scenario that Peyton Farquhar experiences? I've read two other stories that utilize this device, but don't know if it has an official title.
Does anyone know if there is a name given to the "dream before death" scenario that Peyton Farquhar experiences? I've read two other stories that utilize this device, but don't know if it has an official title.
2Jarandel
I haven't read that book and you aren't very descriptive so I'm only conjecturing but could it be :
• A narrative of near-death experiences ?
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NearDeathExperience
• A case of "near-death clairvoyance" ?
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NearDeathClairvoyance
• A case of frame (and framed) story, which is a literary device with a much wider use than this specific context ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_story
• The pop culture trope (and more often a visual media device than a literary one I think) that one certain of imminent death may see their life flash back rapidly in their mind ? Often used to tie narrative loose ends related to a character about to disappear for good.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathByFlashback
• A narrative of near-death experiences ?
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NearDeathExperience
• A case of "near-death clairvoyance" ?
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NearDeathClairvoyance
• A case of frame (and framed) story, which is a literary device with a much wider use than this specific context ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_story
• The pop culture trope (and more often a visual media device than a literary one I think) that one certain of imminent death may see their life flash back rapidly in their mind ? Often used to tie narrative loose ends related to a character about to disappear for good.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathByFlashback
3amysisson
I've read the story but had to refresh via a summary on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia also says this:
The plot device of a long period of subjective time passing in an instant, such as the imagined experiences of Farquhar while falling, has been explored by several authors.
They don't name the plot device per se, but go on to to discuss some similar stories.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge
Wikipedia also says this:
The plot device of a long period of subjective time passing in an instant, such as the imagined experiences of Farquhar while falling, has been explored by several authors.
They don't name the plot device per se, but go on to to discuss some similar stories.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge
4Marissa_Doyle
No official name that I know of, but Connie Willis handles it in her usual deeply humane fashion in Passage.
5jackball74
While checking out the links on TV Tropes I stumbled onto "dying dream" - looks like that is pretty spot-on. Thanks for the help!
6TFleet
On a lighter note, Bruce Willis has one of those in that movie about the asteroid, just before he saves the world by blowing up the asteroid, and himself along with it.
8Cecrow
>3 amysisson:, good link, soon as I read this I thought of "The Secret Miracle" by Borges and it's cited there.
