Stream Of Consciousness Definition

strēməvkänzhəsnis
streams of consciousness
noun
A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.
American Heritage
Individual conscious experience regarded as a continuous series of occurrences rather than as separate, disconnected events.
Webster's New World

The continuous flow of thoughts that makes up an individual's conscious experience.

Wiktionary

A literary device that seeks to describe this process by means of a long, unstructured soliloquy.

Wiktionary
adjective
Designating, of, or using a narrative technique whereby the thoughts, percepts, etc. of one or more of the characters of a novel, short story, etc. are rendered in a direct, free-flowing manner.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Stream Of Consciousness

Noun

Singular:
stream of consciousness
Plural:
streams of consciousness

Stream Of Consciousness Sentence Examples

  • Enter, stage right, Mitch Hedberg, a stand-up comedian whose delivery was a bleak stream-of-consciousness rant.

  • Much of the first half came over to me as a poorly structured stream of consciousness.

  • Too much waffle, too much waffle, cut back... another reason why my stream-of-consciousness writing is n't well-structured.

  • This was an urban tale of the streets of Leith in stream-of-consciousness style with a powerful chorus.

  • I was reminded of Roy Harper by the, at times, rambling, stream-of-consciousness lyrics.

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