'''Stream of consciousness''' is a literary technique made popular by [[James Joyce]] and [[William Faulkner]] which consists of a rambling written series of thoughts and feelings by a character in a novel. This developed based on interest in [[psychoanalysis]]. The technique was devised during the first half of the twentieth century, and has since been used by many other authors.
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'''Stream of consciousness''' is a literary technique made popular by [[James Joyce]] and [[William Faulkner]] which consists of a rambling written series of thoughts and feelings by a character in a novel, usually developing into epiphanies and revelations. This developed based on interest in [[psychoanalysis]]. The technique was devised during the first half of the twentieth century, and has since been used by many other authors.
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Examples of stream of consciousness writing can be found in:
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==Examples==
* ''[[Ulysses]]'' and ''[[Finnegan's Wake]]'' by James Joyce.
* ''[[Ulysses]]'' and ''[[Finnegan's Wake]]'' by James Joyce.
* ''The Time of the Hero'' (''La ciudad y los perros'') by [[Mario Vargas Llosa]].
* ''The Time of the Hero'' (''La ciudad y los perros'') by [[Mario Vargas Llosa]].
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* Brazilian author [[Clarice Lispector]] defined her work by stream of consciousness.
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* [[Virginia Woolf]] presented the method in her works as well.