We've been talking about the complex--and sometimes far-fetched--web of associations involved in Freud's intrepretation of any given dream. With that in mind, I thought I'd share this visual representation one of my former students--Brett Nitchke--created to map the web of his own associations with regard to a single dream. Click on the image to see a full-sized version.
If you want to read the essay Brett wrote about this dream, you can go to his blog:
You'll notice that he ends up writing a defense of Freud's method. If you're curious to see Brett's blog and those of all my students that semester, click on "Main" at the top. You'll find a blog roll on the bottom left of the window on the main page. (By the way, Brett's given his permission to let you read his blog and see his diagram. He said he'd be honored, actually.)
Comments (1)
I think Brett's analysis of his own dream is really interesting. By doing this he can see the pitfalls we encounter reading Freud. The associations are so personal that the reader has to just take the writer's word for it. It is easy then for us to discount them. I suppose the approach to Freud's free association could then be ...don't knock it until you try it...?
Posted by silent partner | September 22, 2006 4:49 PM
Posted on September 22, 2006 16:49