Part VIII The Twentieth century ( 1901---) part two.doc

9. Stream of Consciousness Fiction 1) It reveals the action or plot through the mental processes of the characters rather than through the commentary of an omniscient author. 2) Character development is achieved through revelation of extremely personal and often typical thought processes rather than through the creation of typical characters in typical circumstances. 3) The action of the plot seldom corresponds to real, chronological time, but moves back and forth through present time to memories of past events and dreams of the future. 4) It replaces narration, description, and commentary with dramatic interior monologue and free association. Representatives: Proust ( 1871—1922), Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner 10. James Joyce ( 1882—1941) 1) Life: a novelist and critic a disciple of Joyce. Unlike Joyce, who dealt with the lower middle class in Dublin, Woolf mainly described the spiritual life of the English upper class. 2) Works: traditional: The Voyage out 1915 Night and Day 1919 First attempt at the new style : Jacob’s Room 1922 stream of consciousness technique Mrs. Dalloway 1925 To the Lighthouse 1927 masterpiece The Waves 1931 critical essays : The Common Reader 1925 The Second Common Reader 1932 3) Features of her novel: Rejection of realism Use of stream of consciousness Elements of story are reduced as far as she could There is a series of impressions and reflections 11. Virginia Woolf ( 1882—1941) life: a novelist and critic. A disciple of Joyce. Unlike Joyce, who dealt with the lower middle class in Dublin, Woolf mainly described the spiritual life of the English upper class. Works: (1) traditional: The Voyage Out 1915 Night and Day 1919 first attempt at the new style Jacob’s Room 1922 stream of consciousness technique Mrs. Dalloway 1925 To the Lighthouse 1927 masterpiece The Waves 1931 critical essays: The Common Reader 1925 The Second Common Reader 1932 features of her novel rejection of realism use of stream of