How stream-of-consciousness fiction compares to traditional fiction

Stream-of-consciousness fiction is not a unified literary genre, and there is no recognized unified definition. Its characteristic is to break the traditional novel basically according to the sequence of the occurrence of the storyline or according to the logical connection between the plot and the formation of a single, straight-line development of the structure, storytelling is not according to the chronological order of the narrative in order to move forward in a straight line, but along with the activities of the human consciousness, through the organization of the story by free association. The arrangement of the story and the articulation of the plot are generally not subject to the constraints of time, space, or logic, cause and effect, and are often characterized by jumps and variations in time and space, and the lack of a close logical connection between the two scenes before and after in terms of time and place. Time often crosses or overlaps past, present, and future. This kind of novel is often centered on an event that is going on at that time, and through the triggering of triggers, human consciousness activities are constantly launched and withdrawn in all directions, and after a continuous cycle of repetition, a kind of branching three-dimensional structure is formed. Recognized masterpieces of stream-of-consciousness novels include André Béré's Petersburg, Proust's Remembrance of Lost Years, Woolf's To the Lighthouse, and Ocean Waves.