psychological novel

2. The modern psychological novel reflects a deeper and more
searching inwardness of human experience.
This turning inwardness was reflected in the writing of
William James , Freud and Henry Bergson.

3. “A with draw from the external phenomena into the flickering half
shades of the author’s private world” H.J. mullan.
“A type of fiction in which the explanation of the pre speech of
consciousness for the purposes , primarily of revealing the psychic
being of characters” Robert Humpharey.

4. “A direct quotation of the mind ,not merely of the language
area but of the whole consciousness.” E. Bowling.
“The psychological novel is also called as “psychological
realism.”

5. The tern stream of consciousness firstly sued by William James in
his “principles of psychology.’’
Virginia Woolf , James Joyce , Richardson , Henry James etc. have
employed stream of consciousness technique in their novels.

6. Theory of Bergson is also played a remarkable role in the development
of this type of novel and modern psychology.
He believed that time can not be divided into minutes and seconds.
According to him, human mind is made with three layer
1.Conscious mind 2.sub conscious mind 3. un conscious mind.

7. In the 20th century people did not like sentimental novel because they
believed in realism .
Psychological novel describes real situation of human mind .
Therefore psychological novel became more popular during this time.

8. Life like characters is another remarkable characteristic of
psychological novel .
The novelist presents thoughts emerging in the mind of characters .
As a result he jumps from past to present and present to past.

9. In a nutshell loose plot, illogical events, no importance of
external action , pre speech level , description etc. are main
characteristics of stream of consciousness.

12. “A with draw from the external phenomena into the flickering
half shades of the author’s private world.” H.J.muller
“A type of fiction in which the basic emphasis is placed on the
explanation of the pre-speech of consciousness for the purposes
primarily of revealing the psychic being of characters.”Robert Humpharey.