
In psychology and philosophy stream of consciousness, introduced by William James, is the set of constantly changing inner thoughts and sensations which an individual has while conscious, used as a synonym for ''stream of thought''. ---- In literary criticism, stream of consciousness denotes a literary technique which seeks to describe an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes. Stream-of-consciousness writing is strongly associated with the Modernism movement. Its introduction in the literary context, transferred from psychology, is attributed to May Sinclair. With its rapid, unconnected association of objects, geometrical shapes and numerology Sir Thomas Browne's Discourse The Garden of Cyrus (1658) may, upon examination of its text, be considered one of the very earliest examples of stream-of-consciousness writing. Another would be ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'' (or, more briefly, ''Tristram Shandy'') by Laurence Sterne, (1760). Both of these are preceded by Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' in ancient Rome. Further examples of the development of this style are ''The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'' by Edgar Allen Poe (1837/1838) and Édouard Dujardin's ''Les Lauriers sont coupes'' (1888). Leo_Tolstoy used something similar to the stream-of-consciousness technique in ''Anna Karenina'' (1877) in the portions leading to Anna's suicide; another early example is Arthur Schnitzler's 1900 short story ''Leutnant Gust''. A few of the most famous works to employ the technique are: * Fyodor Dostoevsky's ''Crime and Punishment'' * James Joyce's ''Ulysses (novel)'' (in particular Molly Bloom's Soliloquy) * Virginia Woolf's ''Mrs. Dalloway'' and ''To the Lighthouse'' * William Faulkner's ''The Sound and the Fury'' * Jack Kerouac's ''On the Road'' Brian W. Aldiss' 1969 novel ''Barefoot in the Head'' employs a stream of consciousness style as a necessary part of the plot. The leading character, a Serbian named Charteris, wanders through a Europe aerosol-bombed with a persistent psychedelic chemical agent. A war between Europe and an "Arab coalition" has resulted in the destruction of the framework of European society by the effects of the hallucinogenic chemical weapon. Europeans are consequently on a permanent LSD and are only able to think in streams of lateral associations of tangential ideas. Stream of consciousness writing represents a bridge between prose and poetry. The technique has also been parody, notably by David Lodge (author) in the final chapter of ''The British Museum Is Falling Down''. Stream-of-consciousness writing is characterised by associative leaps that can make the prose difficult to follow. Typically, writers employ very long sentences which move from one thought to another. Sometimes, writers avoid punctuation altogether in order to prevent artificial breaks in the "stream." ==External links== * [http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Stream_of_Consciousness Example of a stream of consciousness writing that started out defining what the concept was and then just kept going.] Narratology
3 out of 18 lines devoted to 'Alanis Morissette'??;-) I suggest we remove all musical examples here. Can lyrics be said to be stream of consciousness as they are not subject to the same narrative obligations as prose. Also practically if we include one then where do we stop? Surely the cannonical example would be Bob Dylan? --User:Harryfdoherty 13:41, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC) ---- Stream-of-consciousness writing may seem easy to write. You just write your characters' thoughts, correct? Well, yes. But that doesn't mean it's easy to write. In fact, stream-of-consciousness writing may be the most difficult of all literary styles. The writer who does it best today is no doubt Edna O'Brien although most authorities would cite James Joyce and Virginia Woolf as the ultimate masters. ULYSSES and MRS. DALLOWAY are wonderful examples of beautiful stream-of-consciousness writing. William Faulkner also employed this technique, especially in ABSALOM, ABSALOM, but that is not the best example to study as Faulkner's style was, at the time of the writing of that book, still evolving. Stream-of-consciousness writing can be so difficult because the author has to really know his characters inside and out in order to present their thoughts with verisimilitude. And, since those thoughts can and do jump around from subject to subject and back again, anything that's not "in character" will be noticed immediately, but perhaps more by readers than by the author, himself. The author may think he's remained "in character" but an austute reader may notice that he has not. Not only is stream-of-consciousness difficult to write, it can be difficult to follow when reading. It's a style that's certainly not for every reader, but for those who make the effort, the rewards are well worth it. Some stream-of-consciousness books are among the beautiful ever written, for example, Edna O'Brien's book WILD DECEMBERS. Stream-of-consciousness writing may seem to consist of jumbled thoughts, but really, there is a unity of thought, an interconnectedness, in this type of writing that makes it beautiful, but, once again, makes it very difficult and necessitates the thorough knowing of one's characters before putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. While "knowing one's characters" is important and essential for any type of good writing, it is even more essential if one is going to give stream-of-consciousness a go. Gabrielle Renoir gabriellerenoir.com ------- What about the famous ''In Search of Lost Time''? Add as an example?
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In psychology and philosophy stream of consciousness, introduced by William James, is the set of constantly changing inner thoughts and sensations which an individual has while conscious, used as a synonym for ''stream of thought''. ---- In literary criticism, stream of consciousness denotes a literary technique which seeks to describe an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes. Stream-of-consciousness writing is strongly associated with the Modernism movement. Its introduction in the literary context, transferred from psychology, is attributed to May Sinclair. With its rapid, unconnected association of objects, geometrical shapes and numerology Sir Thomas Browne's Discourse The Garden of Cyrus (1658) may, upon examination of its text, be considered one of the very earliest examples of stream-of-consciousness writing. Another would be ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'' (or, more briefly, ''Tristram Shandy'') by Laurence Sterne, (1760). Both of these are preceded by Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' in ancient Rome. Further examples of the development of this style are ''The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'' by Edgar Allen Poe (1837/1838) and Édouard Dujardin's ''Les Lauriers sont coupes'' (1888). Leo_Tolstoy used something similar to the stream-of-consciousness technique in ''Anna Karenina'' (1877) in the portions leading to Anna's suicide; another early example is Arthur Schnitzler's 1900 short story ''Leutnant Gust''. A few of the most famous works to employ the technique are: * Fyodor Dostoevsky's ''Crime and Punishment'' * James Joyce's ''Ulysses (novel)'' (in particular Molly Bloom's Soliloquy) * Virginia Woolf's ''Mrs. Dalloway'' and ''To the Lighthouse'' * William Faulkner's ''The Sound and the Fury'' * Jack Kerouac's ''On the Road'' Brian W. Aldiss' 1969 novel ''Barefoot in the Head'' employs a stream of consciousness style as a necessary part of the plot. The leading character, a Serbian named Charteris, wanders through a Europe aerosol-bombed with a persistent psychedelic chemical agent. A war between Europe and an "Arab coalition" has resulted in the destruction of the framework of European society by the effects of the hallucinogenic chemical weapon. Europeans are consequently on a permanent LSD and are only able to think in streams of lateral associations of tangential ideas. Stream of consciousness writing represents a bridge between prose and poetry. The technique has also been parody, notably by David Lodge (author) in the final chapter of ''The British Museum Is Falling Down''. Stream-of-consciousness writing is characterised by associative leaps that can make the prose difficult to follow. Typically, writers employ very long sentences which move from one thought to another. Sometimes, writers avoid punctuation altogether in order to prevent artificial breaks in the "stream." ==External links== * [http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Stream_of_Consciousness Example of a stream of consciousness writing that started out defining what the concept was and then just kept going.] Narratology
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3 out of 18 lines devoted to 'Alanis Morissette'??;-) I suggest we remove all musical examples here. Can lyrics be said to be stream of consciousness as they are not subject to the same narrative obligations as prose. Also practically if we include one then where do we stop? Surely the cannonical example would be Bob Dylan? --User:Harryfdoherty 13:41, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC) ---- Stream-of-consciousness writing may seem easy to write. You just write your characters' thoughts, correct? Well, yes. But that doesn't mean it's easy to write. In fact, stream-of-consciousness writing may be the most difficult of all literary styles. The writer who does it best today is no doubt Edna O'Brien although most authorities would cite James Joyce and Virginia Woolf as the ultimate masters. ULYSSES and MRS. DALLOWAY are wonderful examples of beautiful stream-of-consciousness writing. William Faulkner also employed this technique, especially in ABSALOM, ABSALOM, but that is not the best example to study as Faulkner's style was, at the time of the writing of that book, still evolving. Stream-of-consciousness writing can be so difficult because the author has to really know his characters inside and out in order to present their thoughts with verisimilitude. And, since those thoughts can and do jump around from subject to subject and back again, anything that's not "in character" will be noticed immediately, but perhaps more by readers than by the author, himself. The author may think he's remained "in character" but an austute reader may notice that he has not. Not only is stream-of-consciousness difficult to write, it can be difficult to follow when reading. It's a style that's certainly not for every reader, but for those who make the effort, the rewards are well worth it. Some stream-of-consciousness books are among the beautiful ever written, for example, Edna O'Brien's book WILD DECEMBERS. Stream-of-consciousness writing may seem to consist of jumbled thoughts, but really, there is a unity of thought, an interconnectedness, in this type of writing that makes it beautiful, but, once again, makes it very difficult and necessitates the thorough knowing of one's characters before putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. While "knowing one's characters" is important and essential for any type of good writing, it is even more essential if one is going to give stream-of-consciousness a go. Gabrielle Renoir gabriellerenoir.com ------- What about the famous ''In Search of Lost Time''? Add as an example?
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