Indirect discourse
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Prince, Gerald. ''Dictionary of Narratology'' | Prince, Gerald. ''Dictionary of Narratology'' | ||
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| + | Keen, Susan. ''Narrative Form''. | ||
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| + | Herman, David and Manfred Jahn, Marie-Laure Ryan. ''Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory''. | ||
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| + | Martin, Wallace. Recent Theories of Narrative. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:53, 23 June 2008
Indirect discourse, as opposed to direct discourse, presents a character's speech or thoughts in the third person.
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[edit] Definition
Indirect discourse typically involves some sort of qualifying information about a characters speech or thoughts as opposed to merely the reproduction of them, which is the job of direct discourse. Indirect discourse can also include narrator's commentary, or a more complete attempt to capture and/or interpret the mood or manner of the character's speech instead of the speech only. Third person pronouns are a strong indicator of indirect discourse.
[edit] Examples
"Baby Suggs kissed her on the mouth and refused to let her see the children. They were asleep she said and Sethe was too ugly-looking to wake them in the night. She took the newborn and handed it to a young woman in a bonnet."
-Toni Morrison, Beloved
[edit] Critical Debates
- {is the term contested, challenged, defined differently, etc.?}
[edit] Related Terms
discourse, direct discourse, free indirect discourse
[edit] References
Prince, Gerald. Dictionary of Narratology
Keen, Susan. Narrative Form.
Herman, David and Manfred Jahn, Marie-Laure Ryan. Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory.
Martin, Wallace. Recent Theories of Narrative.
