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Stream of Consciousness: writing style

Stream of Consciousness writing style

Quote #5

The extraordinary irrationality of her remark, the folly of women’s minds enraged him. He had ridden through the valley of death, been shattered and shivered; and now, she flew in the face of facts, made his children hope what was utterly out of the question, in effect, told lies. He stamped his foot on the stone step. "Damn you," he said. But what had she said? Simply that it might be fine tomorrow. So it might.

- "Round" thoughts

- Use of all senses

Quote #4

  • Term was first used by Buddhists
  • mimics the jumble of thoughts, emotions and memories passing through a character’s mind
  • similar to interior monologue
  • interior monologue can be third person
  • some people use it interchangeably
  • The Great Gatsby

"At the far end, was her husband, sitting down, all in a heap, frowning. What at? She did not know. She did not mind. She could not understand how she had ever felt any emotion or affection for him."

-weighting her relationship with her husband

Lit Crit

http://www.helium.com/items/1466029-to-the-lighthouse-by-virginia-woolf

Mercedes Czlapinski

- Series of impressions - no "events"

- Fiction not really fiction

- Existence is based on outward observation

Discussion Questions

-How would the book be different if it was written in a different writing style?

-What other books have you read that display this writing style?

-Do you feel that her writing style is distracting from the plot? Why or why not?

-Do you see switches in writing style throughout the book?

-With stream of consciousness, do you feel like you get a better insight into the characters' or Virginia Woolf's mind?

Quote #3

Quote #1

"What is the meaning of life? That was all--a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead, there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark; here was one."

- Lilly thinking about the meaning of life

-not the only character who spends time thinking about this question

“At any rate they (the dinner guests) were off again. Now she need not listen. It could not last, she knew, but at the moment her thoughts were so clear that they seemed to go around the table unveiling each of these people, and their thoughts and their feelings, without effort like a light stealing under water so that it ripples and the reeds in it and the minnows balancing themselves, and the sudden silent trout are all lit up hanging, trembling.”

Quote #2

"Had there been an axe handy, a poker, or any weapon that would have gashed a hole in his father's breast and killed him, there and then, James would have seized it. Such were the extremes of emotion that Mr. Ramsay excited in his children's mere presence;"

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