Stream of Consciousness in "To the Lighthouse": Virginia Woolf

Navigating the Mind: Stream of Consciousness in Literature In literature, stream of consciousness is a narrative style that captures the natural flow of characters' thoughts, emotions, and impressions. It aims to provide an authentic representation of the human thought process by incorporating incomplete ideas, unusual syntax, and rough grammar. Interior monologue is another term related to this narrative device, which represents a character's thought processes connected to their actions and expressed as a monologue addressing nature itself. The purpose of stream of consciousness is not only to convey a character's thoughts but also to allow readers to experience those thoughts as if they were the character's own. It is often written in first person and is less organized and messier than an internal monologue, which is typically written in third person and follows a slightly more structured flow of thoughts. Stream of consciousness was developed by a group of writers in…