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THE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THE STUDIES OF THE PSYCHOANALYST SIGMUND FREUD LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE
POWER OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
AND THIS LED TO THE NECESSITY TO ANALYSE CONSCIOUSNESS MORE AND MORE DEEPLY
ANOTHER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION CAME FROM
WILLIAM JAMES
, WHO SPOKE OF THE CHANGE OF THE INNER LIFE
REALITY CAN'T BE OBJECTIVELY GIVEN BUT IS
SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY ALSO INCLUDE THE
NEW CONCEPT OF TIME
INTRODUCE BY HENRI BERGSON
HE DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN THE
MATHEMATICAL TIME OF SCIENCE AND THE TIME OF THE MIND
, WHICH IS LIVED IN A PERSONAL WAT AND CHANGES FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER
THE INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
THESE THEORIES SHOWED A PROFOUND CHANGE IN THE CONCEPT OF THE THOUGHT AND THE INTERIORITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL
THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY THE SOCIAL DISRUPTION CAUSED BY WORLD WAR I WHICH CREATED A BREAK WITH THE CERTAINTIES OF THE PREVIOUS PERIOD
WRITERS WANTED TO REPRESENT A WORLD WITHOUT CERTAINTES AND WITHOUT REFERENCE POINT WHERE THE VALUES OF THE RECENT PAST HAD CEASED TO EXIST AND WHERE THE INNER WORLD OF THE INDIVIDUAL ACQUIRED IMPORTANCE
BUT THE INNER CONSCIOUSNESS WAS NOT LINEAR AND
THE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
PROCESS COULD NOT BE EXPLAINED WITH THE PREVIOUS NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES
THE
INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
WAS THE NEW NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE APPROPRIATE TO CONVEY THE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS, THAT IS THE COMPLEXITIES AND THE FRAGMENTATIONS OF THOUGHT
THE SWIFT PASSING FROM ONE IDEA TO ANOTHER TROUGH
FREE ASSOCIATION
AND THE APPARENTLY ILLOGICAL WORKINGS OF THE MIND
TYPES OF INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
THERE ARE TWO MAIN TYPES OF INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
INDIRECT INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
(VIRGINIA WOOLF)
THIS TECHNIQUE PRESENTS THE
CHARACHTER'S THOUGHTS MEDIATED BY A THIRD-PERSON OMNISCIENT NARRATOR
WHO CAN ADD COMMENTS, DESCRIPTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS
GRAMMAR AND LOGIC ARE GENERALLY MAINTANED
THE CHARATERS DON'T MOVE IN SPACE BUT THEIR THOUGHTS MOVE IN THE
INNER TIME
WHICH CAN VARY FREELY
THERE'S A COEXISTENCE BETWEEN THE CHARACTER'S INTERIOR TIME IN THE PRESENT TENSE AND THE EXTERNAL NARRATOR TIME, IN THE PAST TENSE
DIRECT INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
(JOYCE)
THIS TECHNIQUE PRESENTS THE CHARACTER'S THOUGHTS IN THE
FIRST PERSON
USING THE EXACT WORDING OF THAT THOUGHT IN A DIRECT AND UNCHECKED WAY
GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX ARE OFTEN DISREGARDED REPRESENTING THE REAL WORKINGS OF A CHARACTER'S MIND