Monologue

Monologue
For the Malayalam film, Monologue, see Anantaram.

In theatre, a monologue (or monolog) is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media (plays, films, animation, etc.). It is distinct from a soliloquy, which is where a character relates his or her thoughts and feelings to him/herself and to the audience without addressing any of the other characters.[1] It is also distinct from an apostrophe, wherein the speaker or writer addresses an imaginary person, inanimate object, or idea.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soliloquy

Notations

  • Cohn, Dorrit, Transparent Minds: Narrative Modes for Presenting Consciousness in Fiction, 1978.
  • Edwardes, Jane, The Faber Book of Monologues, Faber and Faber, 2005.
  • Hirsh, James, Shakespeare and the History of Soliloquies, Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2003.

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Transmission of ideasv · 1 person to themselves, mental
 •1 person to themselves or to another without reply, verbal •2 or more people, verbal


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  • monologue — [ mɔnɔlɔg ] n. m. • 1508; de mono et logue, d apr. dialogue 1 ♦ Dans une pièce de théâtre, Scène à un personnage qui parle seul. Monologue d une tragédie classique. ♢ Par ext. Scène fantaisiste dite par un seul personnage. Monologues en vers d un …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • monologue — MONOLOGUE. s. m. Scene d une piece de theatre où un Acteur parle seul. Monologue vif. monologue ennuyeux. ce monologue est trop long …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Monologue — Mon o*logue, n. [F. monologue, Gr. ? speaking alone; mo nos alone, single, sole + lo gos speech, discourse, le gein to speak. See {Legend}.] 1. A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • monologue — (n.) 1660s, long speech by one person, from Fr. monologue, from Late Gk. monologos speaking alone, from Gk. monos single, alone (see MONO (Cf. mono )) + logos speech, word, from legein to speak (see LECTURE (Cf. lecture …   Etymology dictionary

  • monologue — monologue, soliloquy Both words (the first Greek and the second Latin in origin) denote a single person s act of speaking or thinking aloud; soliloquy generally refers to dramatic utterances without consciousness of an audience, whereas monologue …   Modern English usage

  • monologue — index peroration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • monologue — [n] speech by one person address, descant, discourse, disquisition, harangue, lecture, sermon, soliloquy, speech, stand up bit*, talk; concepts 266,278 Ant. dialogue …   New thesaurus

  • monologue — ► NOUN 1) a long speech by one actor in a play or film. 2) a long, tedious speech by one person during a conversation. ORIGIN from Greek monologos speaking alone …   English terms dictionary

  • monologue — or monolog [män′ə lôg΄] n. [Fr < Gr monologos, speaking alone < monos, single (see MONO ) + legein, to speak (see LOGIC)] 1. a long speech by one speaker, esp. one monopolizing the conversation 2. a passage or composition, in verse or prose …   English World dictionary

  • Monologue — Un Monologue (du grec mono : un seul , et logos : discours ) est une ou plusieurs phrases auto adressée à haute voix, rapportant les pensées du locuteur au style direct. Le monologue n appartient qu au monde de l écriture fictionnelle,… …   Wikipédia en Français

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