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The dream vision or visio is a major literary device in early medieval literature, especially but not only in the genre of visionary literature. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Amy Amendt-Raduege writes that medieval dream visions, such as those of Geoffrey Chaucer , or those in the Chanson de Roland , the Roman de la Rose , and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ...
While dreams occur frequently throughout the history of literature, visionary literature as a genre began to flourish suddenly, and is especially characteristic in early medieval Europe. [1] In both its ancient and medieval form, the dream vision is often felt to be of divine origin.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
In literature, dream frames were frequently used in medieval allegory to justify the narrative; The Book of the Duchess [87] and The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman [88] are two such dream visions. Even before them, in antiquity, the same device had been used by Cicero and Lucian of Samosata .
Here, dreams about specific numbers [22] or about reading specific chapters [23] of the Qurʼan are among the chief subjects of prognostication. The most renowned of the Arabic texts of oneiromancy is the Great Book of Interpretation of Dreams, a 15th-century compilation of earlier scholarship.
The Dream of Scipio (Latin: Somnium Scipionis), written by Cicero, is the sixth book of De re publica, and describes a (postulated fictional or real) dream vision of the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus, set two years before he oversaw the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC.
The Somniale Danielis (Somnia Danielis), translated as The Dreams of Daniel, is a manual explaining the meanings of dreams. [1] Originally written in Latin, the book was dedicated to the prophet Daniel from the Old Testament, but Daniel is not attributed as the author of the dream book. [2]
In a tweet from July 2024, Drew Daniel of electronic music duo Matmos described a fictional music genre he encountered in a dream entitled "hit em". Recounted to him by a nondescript woman in the dream, the genre is a type of electronic music "with super crunched out sounds" in a 5/4 time signature with a tempo of 212 beats per minute.