A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Group

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savitha
savitha
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Is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man an example of a 'stream-of-consciousness' novel? Discuss.

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Posted by savitha on Thursday April 9, 2009 at 9:08 AM and tagged with a portrait of the artist as a young man, stream of consciousness.

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  1. herappleness
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    Yes. It is. As also are many of James Joyce's works.

    It is a stream of consciousness novel because the narrator is not only telling a story, but also having a catharsis by expressing his state of mind and animosity, or "consciousness" at the time of the action. Most works of this kind tend to be fictional or semi or totally autobiographical, and you can see that the author, as the narrator, is doing a cathartic revelation.

    It is highly psychological, and the mode of narrative is not formal, rather, like the way in which you would speak with yourself and analyze a situation that is personal to you.

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    Posted by herappleness on Thursday April 9, 2009 at 10:53 AM