Starting point of Stream of Consciousness in Urdu Fiction: London ki Aik Raat
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Modernist Fiction, Interior Monologue, Psychological Depth , Narrative Technique, Stream of ConsciousnessAbstract
Stream of consciousness is basically psychological theory which is presented by Professor William James in his book "The Principles of Psychology". Stream of consciousness is a continuous flow of sense-perceptions, thoughts, feelings and memories in the human mind. This term is reserved for indicating an approach to the presentation of psychological aspects of character in fiction. In Urdu fiction Syed Sajjad Zaheer first used this technique in his novelt "London ki aik raat" very well.
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William James, The Principles of Psychology, New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1890, p. 225
Ibid., p. 239
Dr. Saleem Akhtar, Taqreeqi Istilahat, Tawzehi Lughat, Lahore, Sang-e-Meel Publishers, 2011, p. 173
Dr. Haroon Ayub (Murattab), Shoor ki Raw aur Qurrat-ul-Ain Haider, Lucknow, Urdu Publishers, 1978, p. 9
Peter Childs, Roger Flower, The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms, New York, Routledge Taylor and Francis Group (3rd edition), 2006, p. 224
Robert Humphrey, Stream of Consciousness in Modern Novel, London, University of California Press, 1962, p. 11
Chris Baldick, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 255
Dictionary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms, p. 38
Chris Baldick, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 160–161
Ibid., p. 244
London ki Aik Raat, Sajjad Zaheer, Karachi, Danial Publishers, 1938, pp. 36–37
London ki Aik Raat, Sajjad Zaheer, pp. 99–100
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