Stream of Consciousness · English Literature

In James Joyce’s 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man', the stream of consciousness evolves by:

  1. Becoming more simplistic and childlike as the character ages and rebels
  2. Maturing alongside Stephen from infant babble to mature diary entries
  3. Switching to a different language or dialect in every chapter of the novel
  4. Being replaced by a detached omniscient narrator in the final section
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Correct answer: Maturing alongside Stephen from infant babble to mature diary entries

The novel begins with the sensory, infant language of 'moocow' and ends with sophisticated, aesthetic philosophical diary entries. The style matures alongside Stephen Dedalus's mind.

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