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INTERIOR MONOLOGUE - Coggle Diagram
INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
THE VERBAL EXPRESSION OF A PSYCHIC PHENOMENON
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS = the flow of thoughts that occurs in the mind
MAIN FEATURES:
frequent lack of chronological order
the narrator MAY be present
formal logical order may be lost
the action takes place inside the character's mind
speech may be immediate (no introductory or explanatory expressions)
INDIRECT INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
the narrator never lets the character's thoughts flow without control and retains logical and grammatical organisation
the character's thoughts are presented both directly and adding introductory and explanatory phrases to guide the readers through the narration
the characters stay fixed in place while his/her consciousness moves freely in time
the flow of thoughts is usually stimulated by apparently unimportant things or everyday events
moments of being
(Virginia Woolf)
rare occasions of insight during the character's daily life when they can see reality beyond appearances
epiphany
(Joyce)
suddent revelation of a psychological truth
objective correlative
( T.S.Eliot)
A situation, a chain of events, a combination of images, objects or description evoking a certain emotion. The emotion originates not from a single object or event but in the combination of these phenomena when they appear together.
involuntary memory
(Marcel Proust)
according to Proust it contained the essence of the past . When the protagonist of his novel eats a tea-soaked Madeleine, a long-forgotten childhood memory of eating tea with his aunt is restored to him.
a sudden , involuntary evocation of an autobiographical memory, including a range of related sensory and emotional expressions
DIRECT INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
WITH TWO LEVELS OF NARRATION
ONE EXTERNAL TO THE CHARACTER'S MIND AND ONE INTERNAL
MIXTURES OF THIRD PERSON NARRATION LINKED TO EXTERNAL TIME AND AN INTERIOR NARRATION LINKED TO INNER TIME"
WITH ONLY THE MIND LEVEL OF NARRATION UP TO EXTREME INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
the character's thoughts flow freely , not interrupted by external events