"Dreaming" Worldview Underpinning the Interpretation of Benang:From the Heart

Based on Chapter One of the Miles Franklin award-winning fiction Benang:From the Heart by the Australian aboriginal writer Kim Scott, and through analyzing two Australian aboriginal oral traditions—campfire song practice and the myth of death bird, the present study has found that Australian aboriginal "dreaming" worldview underpins the writer's Australian aboriginal identity formation and his condemnation of Colonial Assimilation Policy. Only by understanding the writer's internalized "dreaming" worldview and by taking it as a cognitive structure scaffolding the reader's interaction with the writer and with the text, can the reader get the insight into the unconventional meanings in the text. "dreaming" worldview enables the reader to understand the theme and experience author's feelings.