stream-of-consciousness

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stream of consciousness

n. pl. streams of consciousness
1. A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.
2. Psychology The conscious experience of an individual regarded as a continuous, flowing series of images and ideas running through the mind.

stream′-of-con′scious·ness adj.
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stream-of-consciousness

Narrative using an uninterrupted sequence of thoughts, perceptions, and feelings.
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Concise, to the point, and no less informative than those stream-of-consciousness commentators who tell us nothing, but at much greater length.
Using a highly original stream-of-consciousness narrative technique, The Accidental features the most compelling use of the "mysterious stranger" trope I have seen in modern fiction.
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The short stories in this collection from French writer Luc Lang spill human frailty and weakness from the almost stream-of-consciousness narration that serves as the connective tissue between them.
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Questions About God is an inquisitive, far-reaching poetry collection, ranging in format from free-verse to stream-of-consciousness monologue to rhyming stanzas and more.
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She learns much from everyone she recalls and this bleeds over in the very personal register and stream-of-consciousness pace the writing takes, making it slightly more subjective than ethnography.
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Melding a poetic dreamscape with a stream-of-consciousness narrative, Elliot takes us on an unforgettable journey across time and generations, tracing the legacy of war on a single Puerto Rican family.
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