"James Joyce And the Stream of Consciousness"
Stream of consciousness is a literary methodology that James Joyce pioneered. Stream of consciousness is characterized by a flow of thoughts and images, which may not always appear to have a coherent structure or cohesion. James Joyce uses the stream of consciousness in his writing “Araby” and “The death” James Joyce born into a Catholic family. He was born into politically turbulent ties that continue to the present. he was fascinated by the pageantry and mysticism of Catholicism, but suspicious of its motivations, wealth, and power. His works reflect this ambivalence to religion and politics. James Joyce writhing his short stories Dubliners in 1914. He developed the technique known
as stream of consciousness; Joyce mimicked the way we think by putting into writing the stream of thoughts that run through our heads. Joyce also developed the use of epiphany. An epiphany occurs when you have an image or symbol associated with a person, feeling, or abstract idea. ‘Araby” is also an example of epiphany is the Bazar in Araby.
“The dead” is the final short story in the 1914 Collection Dubliners by James Joyce. It was made into a film also entitled “The Dead” in 1987, directed by John Huston. Some critics argued that the dead refers to Gretta’s tragic love, Michael Furey. In the whole short story “The dead” Joyce used stream consciousness. In “The dead” the main protagonist Gabriel Conroy and his wife. “The dead” is the last story in Dubliners. In “The dead” Joyce used a layer of ostranenie, metaphor, and metonymy.
“Araby” is another example of stream consciousness by James Joyce “Araby”the third study in Dubliners. An example of an epiphany is the Bazar in Araby, of stream consciousness, is describes the process of thoughts passing through the mind. In “Araby” Joyce highlights the innocent of the unnamed boy and also highlights stream consciousness. The unnamed boy’s characteristic represents Joyce’s stream consciousness in “Araby” His character always struggles in this story because of his love. His subconscious mind always thinks about the girl. Joyce’s use different layers in this story. The boy always imagines in his love story. Joyce describes in “Araby” the boy image accompanied to the girl even in places the most hostile to romance because the boy imagines the girl appeared in a horrible place. One time the boy describes the hostile situation but the next moment he describes the place as lovely and delightful. This characteristic also highlights stream consciousness.
Joyce’s works focused on different layers “Araby” and “The dead” both of the stories Joyce's great collection. Among the stories are “Arby” and “The dead” the two short stories to be discussed Joyce's imagination. The main theme of Araby is different layers. And the main theme of “The dead” paralysis, loneliness, identity, and mortality vs immortality, the theme of “Araby” and “The dead” also highlight the stream of consciousness. “The dead” and “Araby” both are can be found in a stream of consciousness. The best example of stream of consciousness in “The dead” and “Araby”.
To me, the title of “The dead” refers to mortality vs immortality and Gretta’s tragic love. Gretta’s love refers to that tragic love is better than the dead. Because of no value in living without love. Gretta always imagines his past lovers Michael Furey. Same time Gretta’s love represents tragedy and also good feelings. That’s a highlight stream of consciousness by James Joyce. Another short story Araby refers to an image or symbol associated with a person feeling or abstract idea. The feeling of the unnamed boy significance his passionate love and image of his mind. His different images and feelings developed the use of a stream of consciousness.
“Araby” and the story “The dead” which represents images and symbol in narration. Both stories serve the same purposes. Stream of consciousness mainly affects the way Joyce can present his story to his readers. Joyce brings about similarities between his works. In “Araby” and “The dead” both represent Joyce’s stream of consciousness.
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