问题：

The Stream of Consciousness

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The Stream of Consciousness; Coined by William James in Principles of Psychology (1890) to describe the flow of inner experience the term stream of consciousness in literature refers to the depiction of the thoughts and feelings which flow with no apparent logic through the mind of a character. To create the effect of the chaotic stream that we recognize in reality the writer presents the seemingly random mingling of thoughts feelings and sense impressions of a character at a specific time. The style became influential after it was used by James Joyce in Ulysses. The technique has also been used by such distinguished 20th-century authors as Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner. TheStreamofConsciousness;CoinedbyWilliamJamesinPrinciplesofPsychology(1890)todescribetheflowofinnerexperience,thetermstreamofconsciousnessinliteraturereferstothedepictionofthethoughtsandfeelingswhichflow,withnoapparentlogic,throughthemindofacharacter.Tocreatetheeffectofthechaoticstreamthatwerecognizeinreality,thewriterpresentstheseeminglyrandomminglingofthoughts,feelings,andsenseimpressionsofacharacterataspecifictime.ThestylebecameinfluentialafteritwasusedbyJamesJoyceinUlysses.Thetechniquehasalsobeenusedbysuchdistinguished20th-centuryauthorsasVirginiaWoolfandWilliamFaulkner.