what is the very best stream of consciousness writing you've ever read?
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>>8080735
The hell'djya find that?
>>8080725
Well, the default answer is Ulysses, but, personally, parts of Under the Volcano and Omensetter's Luck were just as interesting and we'll-done.
>>8080857
chuck berry is beyond shit, it's from the simpsons
>>8080861
i was thinking of buck cherry sorry, chuck berry is p good. still from the simpsons
mrs dalloway
I really like Joan Miro's paintings.
Finnegan's Wake is quite literally the best example of stream of consciousness there is.
>>8080907
But if it is a dream, wouldn't it be stream of unconsciousness?
As I Lay Dying
>>8080915
Dreams, and sleep by extension, represent a different level of consciousness.
>>8080929
Reading it right now... Is it really considered stream of consciousness?
>>8081065
Faulkner is considered one of the pioneers of stream-of-consciousness writing. It's much more apparent in some parts of the book than others. Not sure how far you are, but you'll be able to tell when it pops up.
>>8080725
There is a section in this book called asylum where some erudite madman writes a stream-of-consciousness. The author got a copy since he was good friends with him, and put it in his book verbatim.
>>8080907
Fucking this, I can't even get over how much I adore every page of that book
Johny Got His Gun
Jason Compson's section in Sound and the Fury.
Best: Ulysses, The Waves, The Sound and The Fury
Unexpectedly Good: the incredibly sparse moments of soc in Beloved
>>8080725
IDK about best but late-Burroughs is excellent
Probably the end of The Waves
>>8080735
who is the author?
>>8081698
For a moment I read "The Sound and The Fury" as two separate titles
>>8080920
I'm glad I'm not the only one on /lit/ who has read this book, really fucking good.
>>8082538
telephone_junkie
I hate reading stream of consciousness but I love it as a writing technique to flesh out emotions and ideas.
How can anyone prove published SOC is real, anyway? I just dislike the concept, but more power to you if you like it, I guess.
>>8082501
This. Burroughs' later writings are incredible.
>>8080725
Do writers edit stream of consciousness? I know this sounds like a stupid question but does it not defeat the point of it if it is later polished to some meet with some set literary or formulaic or aesthetic
precedent?
Shouldnt a writer come to editing, read their stream of conscious, react like pic related but then not edit it too much?
Plz educate
>>8082768
>>8082501
>>8080872
>Ulysses mentions
Agreed.
stream of consciousness is a meme
it sucks
Quentin's section of "The Sound and the Fury". So tragic and so damn beautiful.
>>8082802
stream of conciousness is about the closest that prose gets to poetry besides lyrical style prose (that of Lolita is probably the most popular). the editing process to stream of conciousness is in the same vain as editing a poem, focusing on word to word transitions instead of character to character, or situations, the editing process depends on the writer, you could be joyce and have ezra heavily edit every single line while you pass out drunken on his couch for months, or you could be faulkner and write AiLD in the course of 3 weeks without ever editing a single line (supposedly). so the unhelpful answer is, it depends, yes you would proobably want your stream of conciousness edited, but by somebody very close and of the same vain, not someone who would try to widdle it back out of experimentation (unless you're just plain bad at that but you should know that early on), and also not someone who is willing to dote over your ideas (close friends but not the kind of people who give valuable criticism)
>>8080725
Lucky's speech on Waiting for Godot.
>>8081139
I read "lights in August" and it seemed like diving into the traumatic memories of an old, drunk man. [Spoiler] it was shite [/spoiler]
>>8080735
this was well worth the read
