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    186 story AND piscouRse characters physi situation is absolutely fixed and changes in the ambiance tniasprtant. Moly’ interior monologue can be Pure tess se nbd ob nh dark with ony tcp, memories, and speclatons on her min. But in eal Scctoo, he smetnets with which Joye passes fom inside to futside, fom Bloom's internal rumination to the naar’ Shupshots of im, a man smong others walking the steets of Dublin, a marvelous piece of arty. Te conteats strongly with Edoused Dejardi’sinepness in sustaining inferior mon- Siogue in his Ls Lawes sont coupes, when it would perhaps fave been beter ogt outside fem time tote. As Merens- Ponty pointed ou he esl san undeseabe doubling oom. fcousness Lines ike "Ces gens me regardent enter (Chese people see me entes) re patcuary gauche, since Sharates only comment on the dipostion of their bodes when they fel seleonscous othe like; but sel consousness ‘Shot taste a this prale moment inthe nove Sir of Concise = Fre Asian What ofthe term “steam of consciousness? How shal it be diner Oe tossk amore weft question, since we a ine sted ns dct pots of the srt: How shale de fide which set of fears to ang #o 7 Shale be tented S58 Simple sony for intern mnoiogue? Or are hee su ‘Bent dferences fo warrant a dstincion? MY own concuson that one canbe uefa sstied though on 2 Bests sgty Aigerent rom that propoued by previous solr. In tay dscasse the drone Been the to terme ‘was simply emolopca. “Interior (or internal”) monologue” tras the Engl adaption ofthe French mole noes {Gained apparent by Dumas pr) he "steam of cnscion sev wn rs en ta ers Pel Papo, ler making way ino Anglo-American terry discuss (ouch as May Sin’ introduction to Dorothy Richardson's Purnage). "The terme were Bist Weated a8 sym ‘nye and llr by many cs). Latr varius aisincios Store damn (a prcce common inthe histories! development of English). Discounss: NONNARRATED sronIIS 187 In one ofthe best studies ofthe subjet, Lawrence Bowling argued that “interior monologue” should be limited to cog tions, to the depiction of thoughts alzeady in vesbal form in the characte’ mind, the direct imitation of one's silent “speaking” to oneself. “Pure sensations and images which the mind does not translate into language” he preferred to cll “sense impres. sions” (my “perceptions”). His ample from Dorothy Richard- Son's Honey: ey blldings ssn on ether sealing away into the approaching fistnce—angls sharp agaist the sky Solteted angls of tainge {aint othr basing high mouided angles sot ss cumb, wih ‘ep undershadows"»ceepers laying fom bakones By the convention, Miriam only senses these things, but does not articulate them. She does not pronounce to herself the swonds “grey buildings” and so on. Sul these are her direct Impressions, not some narrator’ acount, in his words, The lat ter Bowling would call appropriately, “intemal analysis.” For Bowling, “stream of consciousness” should mean the whole of the “narrative method by which the author attempts to give 8 Airet quotation ofthe mind —not merely ofthe language area bat of the whole consciousness." Thus. in his viw,"steam of ‘consciousness includes-not_only- the record of verblized ‘oughts (“interior monologue” proper But also that of "sense Impressions,” occurrent but not formulated into words By the character’ mind, yet not the product ofan intemal analysts by Cerisinly the distinction between “dest quotation” and “n= ternal analysia” should be preserved, But how can we spesk of a “iret quotation of pereptions, sense impressions” if they do not involve the character's very words? " Quotation” means the transmission af someone's very words. An answer might be that iis an “asi” Kind of quotation. There really are n0 words ‘words are used fute de meus. Since perceptions are nonveroal, the narative structure requires an expression that s nonverbal. In other media there are such meansthe cinema could in fact communicate Misiam’s sense impressione purely visually. (This ‘demonstrates once again that narrative discourse is quite inde- 188 stony AND orscounse pendent of is medium) Verbal natives however cannot g0 ESSE cso they me used, bu something must be done {Ciagest tt they te not mond, a the experiences com ‘runes hove nung to ith words Wha sot of some- TANGY Why maker Bebving sre ar he pasage a eet Suakon of Mina’ senstons anno nora’ teal ‘Sah fork nce panei Pe acd by tre elite dls” the use of nouns thot Stios fan deeb not moving and atached toa parle if Hiss Obvioulytowever, copie hnkingcan be xresed thesome wey: Pehaps Boing not ining tat anced Synors « uique property of sense impresoo,” on that Setsch cont fan ferve fo mask efor os Seam of Sccouonas therm neal analy why should we ue “atenm of concourse o acount for "ans impesont” Why fe not ens impression” sl ‘ie adequté sa term? We shuld preserve Somlng’s Se asteeton by severing thems ft "nor monologue” ith scm andro the! tee rfrto he two sublses Tena td "os an ce me logon bel the eat actual wore psig thug a eT ier eat "peceptaal neror wnonologue,™ the | Smmuricaton, by conventional ea andrmation, nt | SRechrater’ narbeaed sence impressions (witot ata ‘ar nena oral) Seem of conaousnes then seed to mean something els namely the anon ding of thos ad impressions Shedapppae ete mpatonr of eon "The mind cnpaped htt ordinary few of esoiaons at he oppose ok Fem hiking to come purpom™ 2% Tad oat smote ee tr he riche cise or "pen mera ay ht dws ot sic ive yn Gr gl wah a nna yet an Tee ee pot tenes ey ted Lee conto, ‘Gl to: on me ring tht mor and wae ae et tea. ‘hase lef ming the ha ig oes ae DISCOURSE: NONNARRATED STORIES 189 The attention of the mind may either be brought to bear upon its object ‘Shai on se es et stad oo i ae angel Stee arco tig Sh ee Say Se ese WE See ee ance ae Sees a PS os mag 2 ee ‘Siete ng ie spe ac den Scag Sn a soy the eae aes = Interior monologue is marked by syntax: it ascribes present tee versa at pon proces lence te ng ‘Sacer othe impion tse wer they a tated Seam afcracounes, asad hse poe bandon incites th rangement seman mess nr inthe pcp fe snaata. Th wes hy tRetwo masta ugh they anu dl Aas adh cmt the nese pte wih the se oe ep Freer, tag and oon Ae Scho and Rely pe So tte tsridouunen canbe an erdenngpivepe ce lose. Or cnr me moc ween deveopre os Nga pups wleogea, ‘controlled-associative” Sort. wee Ts tue Nbr, hat nso monologue and eum a 2.1 4 ren be Meng oUt hi par er en PRET A aera eam eae ee Sept sqicdir uate wegen ee Se ce ae laa re Heats fees aa tesa HES Somes Ser dare aan certs oe ce ncn a annem ee sient a it te aR St Soache Ge eee Sag Ute Fomine rag oes SIEM! Sind emerge Teter Seg tei gon aia Boe 190. story axo oiscourst consciousness ten to co-occur in texts. But if we are to Keep Sur analyses clear and sharp, we must not lt them Become so Entangled tat me coneot examine each fr isl, Without di {ince and tne copay fo distinguish, we cannot deal with new configurations, new constellations of features, Rober FHumpiveys account ofthe "stream of consciousness” fr ex Mpls tl uy nothing about the method of La Jeluse and ttany other avantgarde narratives. And, to sty it once again {he copoly to predict new psaiites is precy what makes rary (and seatet) theres intresting ane able “Tete hat been much dscusion of fe sition Puri ical lustration of, partculaly in compasizon with con med sociation, Perhaps the best way to lustrate fee a0- CSntivepesages sto contrast them with depictions of the mind ‘Stan or im that mode, Pre and Prue isa good fi con- Sider tne moment just ltr Lady Catherine has warned Eiza- beth not fo anipate © proposal from Mr. Darcy. Eizabeth ‘nulls over the surprising dseusion tg unten te a yee te ite cae ing ca isy eee eae fereiec ait oampt monn ec Serie ien athe h Eas rar sna to ba ut Ro what he repro tha SRE tha he tg the innate fen of Binge, dr asa ames ahs ier wite pce tao lb china ake te Segicaaimeitaatocrirasaers orig mer orien tartare feria ethic cr ay mucha tremia meanness Setnemtmee Gt ore be pope ngi Ms eect eee a i fer raha en i Be sgt Np hs ay ed Discounst: NONNANRAFED srOMIIS 191 ‘Darcy's offer of marriage and has no particular reason to believe that it willbe repeated. Yet she has come to regret her ear prejudice against him. Suddenly, Lady Catherine descends lupon ber, speaks ofa rumor that the two are engaged, and de ‘mands that Elizabeth promise not to marry hn. Elizabeth re fuses to make such a promise, by reflex of pride more than ‘ileulation, After Lady Catherine's departure she feels per plexed, angry, yet strangely hopeful (na repressed way, a8 befits her general crcumspectness and sense of decarum—even within the privacy of her own mind). The passage tells us, firstly, that she i scomposed secondly, that she cannot take her mind off vist extraordinary not only in ts substance but In the urgency attached to it by Lady Catherine, who clearly feels that Darcy may indeed act thirdly, that she wonders how such a rumor could have begun: fourthly, thatthe fact that Darey is Bingley’ friend and she Jane's sister must have prompted speculation about her prospects too; snd finaly that the Leases have already consummated a match which she has ‘begun to contemplate any inthe privacy of her own mind “The selection tht is made fom Elizabeth's consciousness i almost as severely organized as dialectic sell Fest her general. lzed and still inarticulate discomposure; then her analysis of why the event is upsetting then her attempt to determine 205 sons and sources forthe rumor; and finally her speculation bout what wil come of ital What could be neater and, above all, more pointed in form? And les ike free association? What is important for our purposes is not that Elizabeth has ¢ tidy rind (though of course she does), but thatthe implied author teeats mental depiction, like other narative actions, as slmply “what happens next” along the plotline. The plot is strongly teleological it answers the question "Will Elizabeth and Darcy finally marry?” No digressions from that question are allowed 9 ‘occur. Free association would obviously mar the strightforward Grit of this dassial narrative style. Everything in such novel, Including the cogitations of characters, Is, as Mikal Bakhtin ‘would say, "plot pragmatic" Psychologically, the style is 28, sai, Day i, 192. stony ano orscounse either more not less “reals than Tater tes. simply weeps rel oton of rab prespposing tht fhe ert Geral ssociton swaoidnate fo the thoughis pote eer eee iat vader te begining of "The Lax Eats” secon of ules 1% ons ALONG sk Joes ROCERGON'S QUAY Wa RE AS in ens ee SCM aes cc og ae) Cait have ien Sat Saat ahha fathers home He tred onthe ca See ac Bay Bays ctings «cy for the si led ie tc of oa Be Eee SR a migra cen ick Serban ute lla ang Sree irienerwatsumng Sati iitcareiuecig Simteum own wipe lt betty yea rysuiarcat nap cnet eli iS Rharaagtad het din ada ice naire ae sorte at ee achat te (Gris mans yoda sa agelee etae he ea itor Siar Teich iy toate ws cae Bihar Ne “This the representation of san thinking, but he isnot shining ony Forel ery, though ot rected or dulted—as ae Elzabeli—to some ineorble arch of rena, The cvets in Use the fonera,Leopl’s il with Genie Macdowel hs meeting with Stepen—do not "go ny chore, ith traditional snes, No state of afi changes in “ny inp way a Goce in Pre and Prejaie (zabeth Slr ut igi and ons up mare. Whatever ri oes fight bs ince ty neering event, ving Leo “it the tlegreph ofc before the funeral rather than fter— Theva wold ein pty mich he ae Jo al Ingmar Bergman, and other moder artists do not eat Pot asamimuate pci fo be sted. is nota change n he Tite of aa, but imply the wate of als tel In this on DISCOURSE: NONNARRATED STORIES 193 text the rambling stream of conscioustiess makes its natural ‘home. ‘ eis " Yet this passage is nt a mere chao of impressions. Free as sociation hs its own orgaiztional prnplee, which Feed oa ‘thers have made est™—pincples of generaoaton, sna, ‘xemplifcation, and so on. Along sth these eeu “leas ve. ‘pecabe” mental phenoment pans and oer Ki. rel tons repression, Condensing Ue us ok at fe of these pine, for instanc that of ‘gia comiguty in sentence two. Bloons proximity to the Ponta telepaph ofc is communicated dec by the anaey Whence we leap to hi mental secon in neo monlaga “could have given that adress oo.” We ner, by the con principle, tha the delete "that refers fo he ite objet ened ty the narater. (Only late shall we understand the fl meas stg the postal telegraph ofc wou be as good ws the pet of 8 Sta for hi ura concponrce ‘ith Martha) Bloons perception ofthe pot ofce that ep tered bt only Implied in the Hank spare beteen the ro sen tsces yal gy pets gin somone Se and seve: Bloom sees a boy smoking a tigrette andl prompt {0 ofer paternal advice, So reoneretion becomes the npr, tonal principle in eight Bloom has second thought FO. ek ‘he’, This ar hasbeen prompted by spelt Hs ie int uch a bed of oes,” ino) tntuding te ment eeatie of ascenein the boy's fe ("Watling outside pub te), led, ing nig dane ("Came home Toma Te bs of connection with the next sentence 1s element the taking» break tom his ob prompts the olecrvalon Seck ur etn he na ent enter em logued fourteenth, there Is Klong aserton Bethel, Ey st within te fourteenth the Kang combines with mtg “Bethel—E—Aleph, Belh—" the name ofthe sjnogoge fo lowed bythe Bist letter ofthe Here alphoe, We have already lared inthe previous epeode ofthe death of Paddy Digna. The words “At leven it (eaten) roe Bloom's mind as he passes Nichol the undertakers" mast sean Dignan’ funeral Coniguty and memory coopers Pas, 194 sroev avo oiscounse J we gues that “Nels (lghteon ils a fone pao. eee Ripe of ee esaple ft esther, at fai" mant be Digna faneral, and Comy Kelleher must be 2 eetanediector agent. Ths sa netvork af surmise, of Ouse, fester eventhe whol he Hades epade prove M2 \omect Te dyes and nonsense words ke tro tse ime are anced with Cony Oy mee Joyce i jokestr and singer of ight songs they also ‘lata piel of phonetic beso ofthe De "fhe convention of steam of consciousness has that there sno eutemally motivated organization of the charce’s ‘ough nor ef course, a narior to make selection among Tent he eect is que ferent from the conta purposive ‘Siountof Eats though. Te reader knows extended pcs of her thought wl fend to rehearse and comment Pret events ever when she wondering whtis to come Hr thing inveterate goal-onented eeu reduce 0 ‘Paston-and-answer loge, leading up tana answer. All he ‘Risking, heal the oer acon in Pride and Preadie,flows Ari Bethe alte hermencc” set ofthe radon nie Tetticcmmary novel References ve always eat, and they fo {Swreach other in net ender, But Bloons thoughts ae con- ‘Manly mais Atany stant an uefa topic an aie {many cases expt fesohton the tentieaton of delete ‘gmat for example ony come Inter, sometimes much Eten sometimes never. ner Mange in he ino ua tern nongngue and stom fons oat tegueny-and isn conser why. Same Hee et the intuece of the Dekaron shoo! of eee frerample Fcmingway) shih angongs ty lpr porta he ngage of NPG Se ay nce sine dow everthing eeren vole Mae ke cone 0 be hoo one ad mar Gera neon te tee ee a os Fr monlgein Sn gh r DISCOURSE: NONNARRATED STORIES 195

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