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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERIOR MONOLOGUE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERIOR MONOLOGUE

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determiner
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Interior monologue is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTERIOR MONOLOGUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)

Stream of consciousness is a narrative device used in literature "to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. Another phrase for it is 'interior monologue'." The term "Stream of Consciousness" was coined by philosopher and psychologist William James in The Principles of Psychology: consciousness, then, does not appear to itself as chopped up in bits... it is nothing joined; it flows. A 'river' or a 'stream' are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described. In talking of it hereafter, let's call it the stream of thought, consciousness, or subjective life. In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode that seeks to portray an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his or her actions. Stream-of-consciousness writing is usually regarded as a special form of interior monologue and is characterized by associative leaps in thought and lack of punctuation.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERIOR MONOLOGUE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERIOR MONOLOGUE

analogue
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Decalogue
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Synonyms and antonyms of interior monologue in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «interior monologue» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERIOR MONOLOGUE

Find out the translation of interior monologue to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of interior monologue from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «interior monologue» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

内心独白
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monólogo interior
570 millions of speakers

English

interior monologue
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आंतरिक एकालाप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المونولوج الداخلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

внутренний монолог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

interior monólogo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভ্যন্তরীণ একনায়ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monologue intérieur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Monolog dalaman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

inneren Monolog
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

インテリアの独白
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인테리어 독백
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Monolog interior
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nội thất độc thoại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள்துறை மோனோலாஜி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आतील एकात्मतावादी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Iç monolog
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

monologo interiore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

monolog wewnętrzny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

внутрішній монолог
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

interior monolog
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εσωτερικός μονόλογος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

binneland monoloog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inre monolog
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indre monolog
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of interior monologue

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERIOR MONOLOGUE»

The term «interior monologue» is normally little used and occupies the 129.693 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERIOR MONOLOGUE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about interior monologue

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERIOR MONOLOGUE»

Discover the use of interior monologue in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to interior monologue and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mind Reading: Unframed Interior Monologue in European Fiction
In this book literary interior monologue is considered in relation to extraliterary phenomena, as well as narrative theory.
Vladimir Tumanov, 1997
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Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel
ventional discourse, with the possibilities in the latter of direct and indirect quotation; hence he uses the term here adopted of "indirect" interior monologue.4 From analysis of the technique, we find that Dujar- din's term is useful, but only ...
Robert Humphrey, 1954
3
Story and Discourse: Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film
Interior Monologue in the Cinema The cinema uses interior monologue and stream of consciousness infrequently, and it is interesting to consider why. Some theorists suggest the influence of the behaviorist school of modern fiction (for ...
Seymour Benjamin Chatman, 1980
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A Theory of Narrative
This spontaneity also occurs in conjunction with interior monologue. Prior to the twentieth century, dramatic monologue was almost completely restricted to poetry (e.g., Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess'). In more recent fiction, it appears ...
Franz Karl Stanzel, 1986
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The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative
Stream of consciousness and interior monologue Here are two terms that are often used interchangeably for a technique that is close to free indirect style. It is most useful, though, to keep all three terms as distinct as possible. “Stream of ...
H. Porter Abbott, 2008
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The Narrative Reader
Staccato rhythms, ellipses, profuse imagery are attributed to the interior monologue; more ordinary discursive language patterns to the soliloquy. Even though this division has a certain historical validity, it is impossible to decide on the basis of ...
Martin McQuillan, 2000
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A Structural Analysis of The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene
'Evoked Nouns' birth 43:29-30 interior monologue marriage 4 1 : 25 conversation An interesting feature of the table is formed by the usage of the various ' chronotopes'. Any element can have a special chronotope of its own, including the basic ...
Rudolf E. van Dalm, 1999
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James Joyce A to Z: The Essential Reference to the Life and Work
interior monologue A narrative technique that seeks to evoke for the reader a sense of the thought process in the mind of a character. Interior monologue represents the consciousness through a succession of images and concepts unimpeded ...
A. Nicholas Fargnoli, Michael Patrick Gillespie, 1996
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The Dynamics of Narrative Form: Studies in Anglo-American ...
from free indirect speech, but the problem is often obscured by the lack of an insightful conception of free indirect speech and therefore of its relation to interior monologue. The first answer to this problem is that interior monologue is a ...
John Pier, 2005
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James Joyce, 1928-1941
In the reverie the thoughts, the images, unfold in the same way as the conscious, exactly as in the interior monologue. They follow one after the other, striving for the pleasure that their unfolding procures on a plane which Bergson has called ...
Robert H. Deming, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERIOR MONOLOGUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term interior monologue is used in the context of the following news items.
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What do you recommend? | Miami Herald Miami Herald
He writes literary fiction with a lot of interior monologue. He's as different from my style of writing as anyone can be, and yet he maintains a ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
2
An Afternoon with President Buhari, Articles | THISDAY LIVE
As time ticked away while I waited, I engaged myself in an interior monologue, otherwise known as stream-of-consciousness in Literary ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
3
Have you finished Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' yet?
“There are a lot of weird interruptions and fragments in places that are unclear whether they're meant to be interior monologue or not,” Nguyen ... «myfox8.com, Jul 15»
4
Here Is Your Life, declares the overlong first feature from Jan Troell
In a novel, the protagonist's interior monologue can be compelling even if they're not necessarily doing anything overtly exciting. On-screen, in ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jul 15»
5
Talking To Yourself? Then Talk About Your Genius
Vocalizing your interior monologue -- or self-directed speech -- is something we learn to do at an early age. It helps children learn how to ... «2paragraphs.com, Jul 15»
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Haven't finished Harper's Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' yet?
"There are a lot of weird interruptions and fragments in places that are unclear whether they're meant to be interior monologue or not," Nguyen said. "Also, the ... «KBZK Bozeman News, Jul 15»
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Terry Brooks: MTV is Doing The Shannara Chronicles Right
We explored it more, and we talked about adaptations—you know, the fact that we can't use interior monologue and all that. We made it a point ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
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The 10 Best Videogame Robots
... probably one of the most tolerable characters in the game because it never speaks or shares a longform interior monologue with the player. «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
9
Towns, Russell in control of NBA's future
For Towns, that interior monologue was pretty on edge at the opening tip. "I started out like any other rookie -- I ain't going to lie," Towns said. «KABC-TV, Jul 15»
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The 10 best books about cycling | Books | The Guardian
The Rider reads like the deranged interior monologue of the bicycle itself. It's a novel that's almost perfect. 7. Paul Fournel, Need for the Bike ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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