Which of Joyce's works is written in a highly dense, multilingual 'dream language' that punningly combines words from dozens of different languages?
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Correct answer: Stream of consciousness
The 'Penelope' episode consists of Molly Bloom's famous unpunctuated soliloquy spanning eight sentences over roughly 36 pages. It is the landmark achievement of Joyce's stream of consciousness technique, replicating the continuous, unfiltered flow of human thought without grammatical interruption.
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