Definition•StreamofConsciousness•Thetermstream-of-consciousnesswhichwascoinedbyWilliamJamesinPrinciplesofPsychology(1890)isusedtoindicatealiteraryapproachtothepresentationofpsychologicalaspectsofcharactersinfiction.Itpresentsunspokenmaterialsdirectlyfromthepsycheofthecharacters,ormakethecharacterstelltheirowninnerthoughtsinmonologues.Therealmoflifewithwhichstream-of-consciousnessnovelisconcernedismentalandspiritualexperience,suchassensations,memories,imaginations,conceptions,intuitions,feelingsandtheprocessofassociation.•DorothyRichardson,MarcelProust,JamesJoyce,VirginiaWoolfandWilliamFaulknerareusuallyregardedasthemostprominentstream-of-consciousnessnovelists.Faulkner’sTheSoundandtheFuryplaysaveryimportantroleinthestream-of-consciousnessnovels.Hehadopenedupanewareaoflifefornovelbyaddingmentalfunctioningandpsychicexistencetofictionandbycreatinganovelcenteredonthecoreofhumanexperience.InMumbaiin2006,eighteen-year-oldJamalMalik,aformerstreetchildfromtheJuhuslum,isacontestantontheIndianversionofWhoWantstoBeaMillionaire?…MOVIESTheLegendof1900(海上钢琴师),ForrestGump(阿甘正传),FrankMiller'sSinCity(罪恶之城),…TheoriginWilliamJames(1842-1910)HewasfirstcomeupwiththeIdeaofstreamofconsciousness.HismasterpiecesPrincipleofPsychologyPresidentJimmyCater’sMoralEquivalentofWarSpeechVirginiaWoolf•AdelineVirginiaWoolf(1882-1941)HermostfamousworksincludethenovelsMrsDalloway(1925),TotheLighthouse(1927)andOrlando(1928),andthebook-lengthessayARoomofOne'sOwn(1929),JamesJoyceJamesAugustineAloysiusJoyce(1882-1941)Ulysses(1922)Dubliners(1914)APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan(1916)DuoDuoHeisthefirstChinesewriterwhobroughtstreamofconsciousnesstochina.HismasterpieceOutlineofWarmerStreamofConsciousness•Streamofconsciousnesswritingisavariantofthethirdpersonpointofview,inwhichthenarratorrelatesonlywhatisexperiencedbyacharacter’smindfrommomenttomoment.•FeaturesofStreamofConsciousness•1.Presentsthoughtsandfeelingsofacharacterastheyoccur.2.Itshowsamindatwork.3.Itmaycontainpartsthatdonotseencoherentbecausethatarebasedonthefreeassociationofideasandfeelingsofanindividual'smind.4.Itisin3rdpersonMultiplePointofView•MultiplePointofView:ItisoneoftheliterarytechniquesWilliamFaulknerused,whichshowswithinthesamestoryhowthecharactersreacteddifferentlytothesamepersonorthesamesituation.Theuseofthistechniquegavethestoryacircularformwhereinoneeventwasthecenter,withvariouspointsofviewradiatingfromit.Themultiplepointsofviewtechniquemakesthereaderrecognizethedifficultyofarrivingatatruejudgment.