Submitted by nitaip on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 12:24.
This blog entry will make no sense unless you watch THIS first.
If you recall Chapter 4 of Story and Discourse, Chatman delineates a few examples of "non-narrative" discourse, where an omniscient narrative voice is eschewed for a more intimate perspective of a character's thoughts. Instead of watching a story unfold from the perspective of an external narrator, the reader (or audience) is immersed directly into the character's consciousness.
Specifically, Chatman describes a soliloquy as: read more »
- The character speaks
- Either he's alone, or his direct surroundings are unaware of his speech
- Traditionally, he faces the audience
- The audience may be anonymous, in that the speaker may not always name the audience
- The style and diction is typical of the character's normal language
- The content reflects the character's situation
