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starprincess
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High School - 12th Grade

I have a to do research on Frankenstein and I have a topic on it called "stream of consciousness." Where can I get some information on this?

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Posted by starprincess on Wednesday February 27, 2008 at 3:16 PM and tagged with frankenstein, stream of consciousness.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    Honestly, applying a strict definition of stream-of-consciousness will be difficult. Frankenstein is not written as a stream-of-consciousness. Rather, it is told in a series of nested narratives, in a common Gothic structure that builds on the epistolary novel structure. (This whole thing is supposedly told in letters back home.) What's more, the various narrators are pretty self-aware—far from stream-of-consciousness.


    That said, the closest this comes to stream-of-consciousness is when Victor creates the monster in the lab, and when the monster is describing his preverbal state.

    For information on stream-of-consciousness itself, see the link below.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/britannica-encyclopedia/stream-cons...

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    Posted by gbeatty on Wednesday February 27, 2008 at 7:40 PM