<P> Stream of consciousness is a narrative device that attempts to give the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue (see below), or in connection to his or her actions . Stream of consciousness writing is usually regarded as a special form of interior monologue and is characterized by associative leaps in thought and lack of some or all punctuation . Stream of consciousness and interior monologue are distinguished from dramatic monologue and soliloquy, where the speaker is addressing an audience or a third person, which are chiefly used in poetry or drama . In stream of consciousness the speaker's thought processes are more often depicted as overheard in the mind (or addressed to oneself); it is primarily a fictional device . </P> <P> The term "stream of consciousness" was coined by philosopher and psychologist William James in The Principles of Psychology (1890): </P> <P> consciousness, then, does not appear to itself as chopped up in bits...it is nothing joined; it flows . A' river' or a' stream' are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described . In talking of it hereafter, let's call it the stream of thought, consciousness, or subjective life . </P> <P> In the following example of stream of consciousness from James Joyce's Ulysses, Molly seeks sleep: </P>

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