Stream-of-consciousness

StreamofConsciousness(意识流)黄丹1101901215英语1102班contents•DefinationofStreamofconsciousness•Thecomparisonbetweentraditionalnovelandthenovelofthestreamofconsciousness•TechniqueofstreamofconsciousnessDefinition•Inliterarycriticism,streamofconsciousnessisanarrativemodethatseekstoportrayanindividual'spointofviewbygivingthewrittenequivalentofthecharacter'sthoughtprocesses,eitherinalooseinteriormonologue,orinconnectiontohisorheractions.•意识流文学泛指注重描绘人物意识流动状态的文学作品，既包括清醒的意识，更包括无意识、梦幻意识和语言前意识。•Stream-of-consciousnesswritingisusuallyregardedasaspecialformofinteriormonologueandischaracterizedbyassociativeleapsinsyntaxandpunctuationthatcanmaketheprosedifficulttofollow.Streamofconsciousnessandinteriormonologuearedistinguishedfromdramaticmonologue,wherethespeakerisaddressinganaudienceorathirdperson,whichisusedchieflyinpoetryordrama.StreamofConsciousness(narrativemode)•Instreamofconsciousness,thespeaker'sthoughtprocessesaremoreoftendepictedasoverheardinthemind(oraddressedtooneself);itisprimarilyafictionaldevice.•Thetermwasintroducedtothefieldofliterarystudiesfromthatofpsychology,whereitwascoinedbyphilosopherandpsychologistWilliamJames.traditionalnovelvs.thenovelofthestreamofconsciousness西方传统小说——描绘的重点是外部世界。——意味着有一个完整的、曲折复杂的故事情节，这是小说的基本层面。意识流小说——它完全用人物的意识世界取代了外部世界，使小说描写彻底由外转向内。traditionalnovelvs.thenovelofthestreamofconsciousness——意识流小说中人物的意识之流完全不受时间和空间的限制，并且具有很大的跳跃性、随意性，不具有情节发展中时间的连续性和内在的逻辑性。——它虽主要受制于具体情况和人物过去的生活经验和心理经验，但比传统小说复杂得多。traditionalnovelvs.thenovelofthestreamofconsciousness传统小说中的主题思想一般比较明确、具体，可以从情节中演绎出来。而意识流小说表现的是一种总体意象。StreamofConsciousness•StreamofConsciousness,literarytechnique,firstusedinthelate19thcentury,employedtoevince表明subjectiveaswellasobjectivereality.Itrevealsthecharacter'sfeelings,thoughts,andactions,oftenfollowinganassociativeratherthanalogicalsequence,withoutcommentarybytheauthor.TechniqueofStreamofConsciousness•Streamofconsciousnessisoftenconfusedwithinteriormonologue内心独白,butthelattertechniqueworksthesensationsofthemindintoamoreformalpattern:aflowofthoughtsinwardlyexpressed,similartoasoliloquy独白.Thetechniqueofstreamofconsciousness,however,attemptstoportraytheremote,preconsciousstatethatexistsbeforethemindorganizessensations.Consequently,there-creationofastreamofconsciousnessfrequentlylackstheunity,explicitcohesion,andselectivityofdirectthought.•Streamofconsciousness,asaterm,wasfirstusedbyWilliamJames,theAmericanphilosopherandpsychologist,inhisbookThePrinciplesofPsychology(1890).Widelyusedinnarrativefiction,thetechniquewasperhapsbroughttoitshighestpointofdevelopmentinUlysses(1922)andFinnegansWake(1939)bytheIrishnovelistandpoetJamesJoyce.OtherexponentsoftheformwereAmericannovelistWilliamFaulknerandBritishnovelistVirginiaWoolf.thankyou