These features employ modern ideas of narration and character to illustrate a fuller‚ more complete picture of the character than is possible using only traditional techniques of narration. Woolf also advocates in this story the usage of the stream-of-consciousness technique. The first question which must be asked‚ and which will subsequently bring us to greater understanding of the story‚ is the question of the identity of the lady in the looking glass. The story calls her Isabella Tyson‚ but certain
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century traditions and of their consensus between author and reader. In fiction‚ the accepted continuity of chronological development was upset by Conrad‚ while Woolf attempted the new ways of tracing the flow of characters’ thoughts in their stream of consciousness style. For example‚ Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway”. Realism: It is a mode of writing that gives the impression of recording or reflecting un actual way of life. Realism is characterized by its attempt objectively to offer up a mirror to the world
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view‚ reserved and refined characters‚ and intangible delicacies‚ of motive which had never been attempted before by any English novelist. In the second place‚ the modern novel is psychological. The psychological problem concerns the nature of consciousness and its relation to time. Modern psychology has made it very difficult for the novelist to
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Abandoning the traditional book layout of chapters‚ Brigid Lowry brings into play new styles of writing in her novel Guitar Highway Rose (1997‚ McPherson’s Printing Group). One of which is stream of consciousness’ where the character’s immediate thoughts are written as they are onto the pages‚ creating a better understanding of the character. The use of multiple narrating perspectives and narrator intrusion in the novel allows the reader to see problems from different perspectives. Lowry also uses
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compare and indicate the affect of “stream of consciousness”. Moreover‚ I tried to show the (dis)similarities between these two important writers. In this paper‚ for Orhan Pamuk‚ I focused on the novel which is called “Sessiz Ev (Silent House)”. Key words: stream of consciousness‚ omniscient point of view‚ third person narration‚ impact of the time‚ lives’ reflections and individuality. The usage of Stream of Consciousness Stream of consciousness was used by these two writers
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Personal Identity: Philosophical Views Tim V Kolton Alan Watts once said‚ "Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth." The task of personal identity is to define a quality of a human which makes him or her a unique self. The person whose identity is in question must realize themselves‚ and other people must identify this person. In other words‚ what makes John unique from Bob? One must consider both internal (mind) and external (body) perspectives. There
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A Glossary Of Literary Terms Layal Ayoub 8053 Social Novel: The Social novel‚ also known as the social problem (or social protest) novel‚ is a "work of fiction in which a prevailing social problem‚ such as gender‚ race‚ or class prejudice‚ is dramatized through its effect on the characters of a novel". More specific examples of social problems that are addressed in such works‚ include poverty‚ conditions in factories and mines‚ the plight of child labour‚ violence against women‚ rising
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“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is a suspenseful story that keeps you on the edge of your seat due to its plot‚ its imagery‚ and stream of consciousness. Bierce writes many descriptive phrases to create an atmosphere of constant motion and causes your adrenaline to rush with many of the scenes in the story. In many of the scenes in the story we can find allusion to death. We also become engaged in the story by wanting the prisoner to escape and make it back home. The setting of the story is
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“Western Wind” “Western Wind” by an anonymous Middle English lyric relates to A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. In A Farewell to Arms Fredrick Henry has a stream-of-consciousness. In a stream-of-consciousness the writer approximates the rapid‚ often chaotic thought patterns of the character. Thinking about Catherine‚ in the rain‚ Henry refers to the poem "Western Wind”. The poet of “Western Wind” wishes that his heart would heal from the pain of not being with the person that he loves
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there was not much hope of getting off of the reservation and starting a new life. The narrator’s problems he is faced with in being an Indian and trying to be accepted in the real world are emphasized in the text using an interior style‚ stream of consciousness‚ and the setting. Some of the difficulties‚ overlooked by many people that an Indian had to deal with outside of the reservation are introduced in “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” by Sherman Alexie‚ who is a writer of Indian
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