The Framework of Dream Membrane Theory:
A Comparative Analysis of Yukio Mishima’s The Sea of Fertility and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return
Abstract
This article proposes the Dream Membrane Theory as a framework for analyzing the structural and ethical logic of dreams in Yukio Mishima’s The Sea of Fertility and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return.
The membrane --- defined as the boundary between the narrative world and its reception --- operates through intrusion, mediation,
and preservation. Mishima’s dream logic culminates in silence, while Lynch’s regenerates through scream and rupture.
Both works position actors within the dream and observers at its edge, creating tensions between embodiment and analysis.
The nuclear bomb in The Return expands the membrane cosmologically, generating particles of tremor and memory.
Through comparative topology and reception structures, dreams persist not by resisting destruction but by altering form before it occurs.
Silence and scream emerge as twin blades of ethical response, guiding both narrative structure and viewer engagement.
Keywords
Dream Membrane Theory, Tremor and Memory, Silence and Scream, Mishima and Lynch, Narrative Ethics, Structural Reception
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The Framework of Dream Membrane Theory: A Comparative Analysis of Yukio Mishima’s The Sea of Fertility and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return
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Release: November 23, 2025
Author: Keishiro Murata
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Keishiro Murata, "The Framework of Dream Membrane Theory: A Comparative Analysis of Yukio Mishima’s The Sea of Fertility and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return",
Release: November 23, 2025, available at http://www.maroon.dti.ne.jp/marumu/dreamingactors_en.html