What is this type of literature called?
3 Comments Published January 29th, 2010 in types of literatureI keep thinking it is existentialism. Please help:
Literature that is just streaming thoughts. Just like your thoughts go from one thing to something totally different. I read a book like this years ago and i loved it, and now i want to know what that type of writing is.
It's a writing technique called "stream of consciousness." William Faulkner and James Joyce are two examples of classic writers who were famous for using it. Or infamous, depending on your point of view. 
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It is called stream of consciousness, and you are right, it can make for both a very enjoyable read as well as the most complicated.
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Choices are easy to make, even the most difficult of choices is made in the span of a heartbeat. It is coming to terms with the results of these choices which can take a very long time, indeed.
It's a writing technique called "stream of consciousness." William Faulkner and James Joyce are two examples of classic writers who were famous for using it. Or infamous, depending on your point of view.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_of_consciousness_writing