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For other uses, see Stream of consciousness (psychology)

In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a literary technique that seeks to portray an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his or her sensory reactions to external occurrences. Stream of consciousness refers to the flow of Thoughts in the conscious Mind. Literary criticism is the study discussion evaluation and interpretation of Literature. A literary technique or literary device is an identifiable Rule of thumb, convention or Structure that is employed in Literature Internal monologue, also known as inner voice, internal speech, or stream of consciousness is Thinking in Words It also refers Stream-of-consciousness writing is strongly associated with the modernist movement. Modernist literature is the literary form of Modernism and especially High modernism; it should not be confused with modern literature, which is the history The introduction of the term to describe literature, transferred from psychology, is attributed to May Sinclair. May Sinclair was the Pseudonym of Mary Amelia St Clair (1863 - 1946 was a popular British writer who wrote about two dozen novels short stories and poetry

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Literature

Stream-of-consciousness writing is usually regarded as a special form of interior monologue and is characterized by associative (and at times--dissociative) leaps in syntax and punctuation that can make the prose difficult to follow, tracing a character's fragmentary thoughts and sensory feelings. Internal monologue, also known as inner voice, internal speech, or stream of consciousness is Thinking in Words It also refers Stream of consciousness and interior monologue are distinguished from dramatic monologue, where the speaker is addressing an audience or a third person, and is used chiefly in poetry or drama. A dramatic monologue is a type of Poem, favoured by many poets in the Victorian period in which a character in Fiction or in History delivers Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. In stream of consciousness, the speaker's thought processes are more often depicted as overheard in the mind (or addressed to oneself) and is primarily a fictional device. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. The term was first introduced to the field of literary studies from that of psychology by philosopher and psychologist William James, brother of the influential writer Henry James. For other people named William James see William James (disambiguation William James (January 11 1842 – August 26 1910 was a pioneering Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James

Several notable works employing stream of consciousness are:

The technique has been parodied, for example, by David Lodge in the final chapter of The British Museum Is Falling Down. David John Lodge CBE, (born January 28, 1935 at Brockley London, England) is a British author The British Museum Is Falling Down ( 1965) is a Comic novel by British author David Lodge about a 25 year-old poverty-stricken

Other media

The technique is not specifically confined to literary sources, and has been used loosely to describe either separately or in combination with other media. For instance, Travis Trent sings unwritten stream of consciousness lyrics on five of the six songs on the album Stories: His, Mine, Others.

Stand-up comedy

Cinema and sketch comedy

Television

World Wide Web

One example of a website that uses the technique is Cognitec/3rd Force, which is the progressive work of an anonymous author known only as "HC. " The site began in the mid 1990s as a series of bizarre and sardonic original passages which was "spoofed" to look like prominent web portals of the early Dot com boom. The " dot-com bubble " (or sometimes the " IT bubble " was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 (with a climax on March 10 For example, the now defunct "Pathfinder" site (now simply the Time Inc. portal [2]) was parodied as "Crapfinder," the "New York Times" became the "New Times York. "

Because of the site's extensive use of the literary method, transitory and seemingly-unrelated themes became connected through hyperlinks. In computing a hyperlink is a Reference or Navigation element in a Document to another Section of the same document or to another These seemed to further reflect the free-flowing thought process of the strangely prolific author. It was later revealed that much of the content consisted of excerpts from the metafictional novel MFU (ISBN 188640402X) [3]. Metafiction is a literary term for a type of Fiction that systematically and self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction including the relationship between fiction and The novel's desultory narrative structure and breadth of material was sufficient for creating years worth of related material in the form of multiple parodies, faux news reports, and essays, as well as providing prospective readers of the novel an opportunity to "sample" the book. Most of the novel was subsequently released as either readable or searchable on-line [4].

Many online forums have sections for so-called "Off-Topic" discussions. Threads in these forums tend to loosely follow stream-of-consciousness simply by virtue of the fact that multiple people express their own thought processes without hesitation of retribution. This perspective is, of course, controversial since traditional stream-of-consciousness is the result of one person's writing alone.

A relatively new website, http://chainofthoughts.com conforms to the stream of consciousness style of writing using tag clouds to shift readers through various seemingly unrelated pages. A tag cloud or word cloud (or weighted list in visual design is a visual depiction of user-generated tags, or simply the word content of a site used typically Following the Virginia Tech massacre the website was used as a place of semi-anonymous mourning and was highlighted on the BBC website. The Virginia Tech massacre was a School shooting consisting of two separate attacks approximately two hours apart on April 16 2007 that took place on the campus of A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages [1]

Music

Rap has many examples, such as:

Notes

  1. ^ Jackson, Patrick. BBC: Coping with death on the web. Retrieved on 2007-05-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following
  2. ^ Yorke, Into the Music, p. 61.
  3. ^ BBC - Dance Review - Underworld, Oblivion With Bells
  4. ^ PopMatters Music Interview | Karl Hyde's Dirty Epic

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See also

Stream of consciousness refers to the flow of Thoughts in the conscious Mind.
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