ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
James Joyce’s narrative technique is known as-
A
stream of consciousness
B
psycho-analysis
C
Objective Co-relative
D
Symbolism and Mysticism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century, he championed a new style of writing based upon the stream of consciousness technique: when the written form attempts to mimic a character’s immediate flow of thoughts and feelings, adding a heightened sense of realism to the plot.

Detailed explanation-2: -Moreover, Joyce used a particular narrative technique, called “stream of consciousness”, a free representation of individual thoughts, so as they are in mind, before be they get logically organized logically in periods.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stream of consciousness is a narrative style that tries to capture a character’s thought process in a realistic way. It’s an interior monologue, but it’s also more than that.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stream of consciousness writing refers to a narrative technique where the thoughts and emotions of a narrator or character are written out such that a reader can track the fluid mental state of these characters.

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