Interior monologue
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Interior monologue is a narrative technique that presents a character’s inner thoughts and feelings directly, often in a stream-of-consciousness style, to reveal their psychological depth.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inner Monologue | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiction-writing technique
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literary device ⓘ narrative technique ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
present a character’s feelings
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present a character’s inner thoughts ⓘ provide direct access to a character’s mind ⓘ reveal psychological depth ⓘ |
| analyzedIn |
literary theory
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narratology ⓘ psychological criticism ⓘ |
| canBe |
direct interior monologue
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indirect interior monologue ⓘ |
| canBeSignaledBy |
free-flowing unpunctuated text
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italics ⓘ quotation marks ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
direct presentation of thought
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first-person perspective ⓘ focus on mental processes ⓘ minimal authorial commentary ⓘ subjective viewpoint ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
objective narration
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omniscient narration ⓘ |
| enables |
exploration of consciousness
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intimate characterization ⓘ representation of conflicting thoughts ⓘ representation of repressed feelings ⓘ |
| focusesOn | internal experience rather than external action ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith |
modernist literature
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psychological novels ⓘ |
| mayUse |
associative leaps
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fragmented syntax ⓘ free indirect discourse ⓘ nonlinear time ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| oftenAppearsIn |
climactic psychological scenes
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opening passages of novels ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
free indirect style
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soliloquy ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Dorothy Richardson
NERFINISHED
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James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcel Proust NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
comics
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drama ⓘ film ⓘ narrative prose ⓘ novels ⓘ short stories ⓘ television ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Inner Monologue