Fugue state

[Richard Ryan]

Does Dostoevesky call it a fugue state in the novel, David?  Coetzee's evocations of the "pre-seizure" moments were very striking and more than a little unsettling....

--- On Mon, 4/6/09, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Fugue state
> To: "John L. Moriarty" <jlmoriarty at verizon.net>
> Cc: "Mark Kohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com>, "Pynchon List" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 3:17 PM
> If I remember correctly, the
> Dostoevsky character in Coetzee's Master
> of Petersburg felt himself repeatedly on the verge of a
> Fugue episode.
>  The actual Dostoevsky described the onset of a seizure as
> a state of
> intense clarity.
> 
> David Morris
> 
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:49 PM, John L. Moriarty <jlmoriarty at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> > Dissociative Fugue
> >
> > Like dissociative amnesia, dissociative, fugue also is
> characterized by
> > sudden onset resulting from a single severe traumatic
> event. Unlike
> > dissociative amnesia, however, dissociative fugue may
> involve the creation
> > of a new, either partial or complete, identity to
> replace the personal
> > details that are lost in response to the trauma. A
> person with this disorder
> > will remain alert and oriented, yet be unconnected to
> the former identity.
> > Dissociative fugue may also be characterized by
> sudden, unplanned wandering
> > from home or work. Typically, the condition consists
> of a single episode
> > without recurrence, and recovery is often spontaneous
> and rapid.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://psychcentral.com/lib/2008/in-depth-understanding-dissociative-disorders/all/1/
> >
> >
> > John
> >
>