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Dorrit Cohn
Transparent
— Minds
Narrative Modes for
Presenting Consciousness
in Fictionopysigt © 197 by Princeton Univer Press
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Preface
“The questions thr gave eo thi bok aos mpi
Lethe pine ese ny interest nari form
came to meet my predieaion for novels with thought
Shascees snd Sones of selecommaunion. The ead 10 ac
SECs aug and variations scot met arate ery
Joslong enough so consemplate wht Todorov ls "thewi-
‘Acie ot meray decourse.” Exeipped with hese base
teats soul shen evel round naraive neat,
{leting works and passage in works tht would st display
the cute spectrum of poms, wae in urn allowing
these works chenscies seve infrenen es The reste
sexta test maven os mde of paradigmatic quot
Sons and close sala, all eld whine epologel
fene
iy extualrepestote rarely departs feom the compa ofa
san [ure on fait t tents of fiona orm. A
ary of pajcholngia easm—rougbly 1850 0 1950—
frowies she majo of illserstins, with some adinons
From ay far back at Semme apd a8 fr forward as Sara
Wheat movesilewsys x far grosnd—usually othe
{Geeman domain, which ne Bee aay opin op
Smash sonia the morn
ve though my approach follows eypologcl rather that
hronaogia fine 1 hve noe skogetet dispar the Be
SeePeraon, The dccon in whic sep across the
‘pal tccinqucs general cotesponds to evalutonity
‘ng of fctonal fv from vol to hushed atshoral
weize, fon digonant to consonant elation beoween r=
[Stes protagonists, fom maximal to mal removes
EEtrecr ie guage ofthe text and tbe ngage of cone
"Souines, On ngs sale, the face that Ube wih m=
‘ore who cachat snide views and end. with ineror-
Imonologae texts tat exe azar aso sugges tat my
‘algal inc te tently doenaged Gam the Bstor-
SeeBor my say lps no cli 20 encompssng the ene
eam of Seton ferns eter syecbronicaly 9 chron
lly explores speculand spect sabes towhicha gens
‘Salpoctice of ion —ncloding the most composi snd
Figotous one to date, Gard Gene's Dass de an
‘Bouly devote only 4 shore season. Yee isa prvieged sub
[Jess not only because so moc modern fon plays within
{he conscowsness ofa craters, ut abo because feo
omcousnos the special pcre of mareive Hit, For
this reo the device through whl fe presented ar
‘osly alled-and Roque confsed—wih the modes for
preseling the fiona wood 1 whole nzetive satin
Fis brings met afin proftory pine. The problem of
ratasve perspective, more than an) other nateatlosic
pec, ka polarized Herarysholrshp nee Ist decals
Between the evo Pavan spits: the poiieating nose of
‘Cricam sd he recive eae of inguts. t er of
‘cpostory fiome one eth urbane, metaphoric highly
able ye and though ofthe enti whoefises to engage
Invwbat eta as raping datos and sinc
toticodher ie unteaibesbberatons a formalae ofthe
Tin wo ese So comminsat wth readers wing
temas vo decipher hs code. AC the rk of ling betwen
Sool: I have sed for 4 sompromice: to use (nd, whe
ecesaty oo eon) a consent gers, bur not recondt
‘Shmmclogy for my sujet, whi contig t se nab
‘reve form and in whole sentence, 0 mater how awk
{dor monotonocs the rsulng prose
‘Since the mos important ct | employ fr typological
ition ate base gaat! form especial tense and
fee I ave four that signe ares in Jota
Foul be preserved tasting, proved only that ser
Dobuslyscriiced elegance eo accuracy. For this exon the
‘ain some eer T war sle fo asap, and in avery few
She to ope exating raraltine Bee reads who Know
these languages will wane ebeck my analyses again the
va teproducel tthe boson of tb page. Lwould have
frcernd ene ely works tha coal read i he orginal
Myself Bur the Russe weve, of curse, indispensable, as
tras one great Dane (aan exper In these ngage.
WSetckind eng to check and amend fo me ome passages
om publchedsansaone.Alledons from which quot
ela those on who base earns ae ated in
the bck f te book
Some of my Hens were reearsedin ae form, and wish
so thank he tors of Camparatve Liszt, PMLA
Goouiromanishe Monat and Feet fr Kate
‘Hanger for pesson to expand ti ater and tte
fe tanto my lager acre, This scheme ie was worked
ggrtcts Foundation, sv well by Indira University
SoFftineed University Several fiends ad colleagues read
iy manuscript in vole au pat 3 acious stages of can
non ad fered wala crue ade; Ruby Cok
Fake Pal Heroud Jaa Hokonson, Breon Mickll a
{ely gal exch of thers, I would ao ike co express
tay thank oa rarer of person who, in vail but eel
til, helped cto overeune soments of ascouragement in
The cour of my work dhs book bo Camutin, RAby
{Cate gun). Der Jamer Dalrimer, Joh Kate, Frank
er, Man Tatar and tyson Steve and Rik
Fro hanks gto Annemarie Beto a Sara Miler for
thes pune Belp wih the peeparaon of Che wanes
Billy, wo fey Sherwood of Princeton University
Preu, fralldhecyper sil nd ete she gave ths book, fort
fit lat
Cambie, asContents
ind-Person Context
snes in Ftst-Perion Texts
5 From Novation 0 MowalogueTransparent Mindsthe wiki
se thi ht ena
tn het and oh sve we ug adjoin oe
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Semel cet, Molloy
Introduction
The Greck god Mons, ei ot is fllow gods ad
tered rely sid to Bave blamed Valen be-
cause m he human fort, which be had made of ay he ad
SORT Minow ibe bres, by wich whatever was
TEE Sethoogat thee rag sly be Brought 0 ight, Te 8
{hs myth that Tram Shandy refs hen he sts Ov £2
{Tw te ale Tobe carter Had Memos had his way, De
‘elt, "nothing more woul have ben waning, le
Ten ken smn’ character, bor to have eaken 3 chai aod
Pine cf, a you would dipencl beehive, 2nd looked
ime owed the seal tack naked then taken yor pe and
sic and ce down ong bot wha you had sen, ad couké
BA otooento.s Doreen adden enc einaton,
hs fem afvantage nt to be Rad by de bingeapher this
fet ur mid she ot roa the bey, but we te
pt up hee in» dark covering of uncrystaied Besh and
BOR. AB tha, we wosld comer de specie characters of
‘heen emese po some ther way 0 work."* This is when
‘Tham deciles to "dew my ane Toby's character fom
Ths Hobby Hone" choosing 2 emphasially bebavorstic
ite way.” a bois» biogapnet (and aucbiogtapbc)
hs plane
". Sar opal wash-team shows up a he eter end of
CET ESTA, Holinan's Mower Peo, the microscopic
Seine othe ee gives to bi human Send Peeganes
PAE ay magi lens tar when ose in he pup is
TE Ena Hin to post ehrough de sls of all fellow
Eshan beings he snsounters, and dicem thei hidden
though, Pecgrinss soon cases this “indestrtibe gh
Bee imam imetigense tht righeflly telangs oly
” Al this ost ale
‘Gi the faction ofthe tee basi ecigues in astobo
opheal narration
Bethe another nd far more important reson forthe
vrs by person: where the ove dest method fo the pre
SExacon of consbumnest is concemed, arabic dary
epee been thie and Seeperson foems. 1
Ghekpclbn comtat the det expremion of character's
Though tr rst-peson form) el ways be 2 quoton. 3
{futel monologue Bus hs direc expression of thooghe can
Xe presente vt raritive conta ay wel ane Shpe
2 Wlependene at-peson form oft ow: the ype of ext
Shonen fered interior monologue” Le Lewirr
fon copy "Penelope At tig post «becomes lear that
‘Be tern Setcior monologac™ bs been designating (0
“tay lderent phenomena, witioat yore ev HOPPE €
ER the amguy 1) amare techie for presenting =
fuater's cocoa by dre quotation of his ought
Sounding nares conte and 2) marae gee
‘ascted i is eqeety by the sent sl-commanion ofa
‘Beis! mind Though the tecimigu andthe gene share
cae echnical implications and sell fears, het
sree penceaions ae enely ieee fist
weeded anc expo implely) by anarating voice
that cst the monlogit by ed-personpronow tthe
hrrounding ters the sesond, unmedace, ind appatcaly
‘eigeneests cements an stcomousfesepeon fem,
SESS word be best to opard sea vasane—or been,
Tita ire peo nara.
Thin terminological ambit too originated with Dui=
ino td's pec reas conde the r9 mexingehis chm that Lowi sont coupe wa the sole ancestor of
Lips woul have ban weakened he hd daw tenon
tothe base stucurl dlfernce betwen te wo orks the
Shsone a a naative context sown novel, a ts res
ncn oyer's Bute obvious on the eof that Ulpser
$iSor at Interior monelogue novel inthe sme sent 38 Le
oars is Joyecs oases of the dercoce apparent
‘hi own desrpion of Duan novel, reported by Vie
ley Tatbod ln that book the vender Sd bamslf ea
abe rom the fs nes, int thoughts ofthe prscpal
peonage, and ihe unimeteeted aroling of et thought
‘pacing te sual orm furtive, conveys wha is
fersomage is doing ad what happening to him.” He
(hl scarey ave men ti desrpton to apy to Use,
Since (ah tena exception of he al “Pelope sec
thon) inerior monologue is everywhere embedded in a
{ie-peoon narracve medinmn, The "fi net” of 08 of
its section iuding of course the Rest lies of he enti
tron) ta Hom etbling the caer "nthe ough othe
Ponca personage ae lt tld ioe wool form of
Mamsdve =" Whever the monologue techie spe 2
Uys, akerater with arian, and thee rao
rons, no matter how bref, pormete the seocution
trite dicontingogs clement, evens they reve oferta
Motos dale af the sornomaus form (eg. de de
Ings) No mater ow untraitional tae Joycesn modular
thos, sah ston as “Proteus” or "Hades" are theefore
fmallyselogons tthe quoted monologues in che novels
Sr Stendtal or Dostocraky tate than tothe sonorous
Digan novel
Te probably no comeidence that fyen's comment om es
Lee dates pst ftom the tre when he was Wing
Spenlopes ne ony seston of Uae tit does hove
structure analogous to that of Danis novel. The come
trom teil sande ody ss the most secure ele de-
Spon we hav ofthe terior monologue as sepa i
oa frais penon ge ft of eli
SOP somo he
Tenyac meni hosp ote ted
seer etd Fortis ananomons frm wee
Sear et pcan ace neces AP
Fea Yt ometince wr Sener monlote
io tor nove) .
Tole neriy, te somo nor monologs
eee Rane iy ea apse ve we oes
see apne ean gee tek it
NOMERRap tr tamts Conte monolgon Yes
som cid hoe Epon pee
cn way fo gncal Been aston enh
SSSA shee te we make ered
2hpe ewe ascobigeyphical and monalgie text, 0
teicotagorarcanbecpased ony by dt examing
Teagan pm the soy a ae
SSSEEMCUAS douse sete nce sis
Teeter bln ose ges Gd ena
{sven touchstone for defining wha heal Form of 3t-
Sheehy i
“Tn se my trinlgy Sa lo ered
wien pny chang of ov a il ooPart 1
Consciousness in
Third-Person ContextFenty Avene
When Mecky Sharp believes that she has sucesily
nated Josep Sy, so exes inf for Be
hand the following day Re aor encore to Be 3
Informs us "How Mis Sharp lay awake, thing, il he
‘erence, without so much se paragraph rea, reds "To
tmorrow came andy ar sure fate, Mr jonep Sedley mate
Tisoppesrane bore uncheon The arratr of Vi Fat
isnot ms nerve hw Reoine igh howghts. eae
behest pas on to sone ation or est to some tae.
Beskys medion can be rummanly dismissed because t
‘would add lite othe undertanding of Eetonal chatace
oe ficional wor that ha already esr azmplyexploe In
owading episode of soci teraction
This avowanc of paycho-acration ix characteristic for
rotelin whi s hypewcsve nator dei with maleade
Df charscr and ations By esp shits 3 ime and pa
This pace dominates the thidepecton novel wel
rinacnth century, Whi eslonged inde wwe were
gel rewricted to fast-pesson for, thi-peaon novels
ict on mane behavior, withthe arate incr selves
reveled only indivi rough spoken angeage aod eng
testa The profusion of det conversion inthe
Fpstinincnevaratury mows, and ere opPoRarty for
Slfcommunion, indie this tendency toward. domic
wim mont works by Dicten, Turgenev, Fosane, zdother masters ofthe novel of manners, harcter portrayal it
farmae coment” dan
Alcton ying uted he conta compan fei say?
‘hs lan Wet hat shown det sara rare syn
is couped with similar avonance of inside views i Tom
Jone we the ran even more emp abou bi =
‘at tok ine
| gent sigh sole from Soph at these won, which
Felipe contbed to rm a dtetn of very last
[Endcbut ashe never veld th dream to any 00650
the reader aot expect oso rated ere
Astothe present station of her Soph’ ind, shall
here ttle of Horace, by aoe tempting wo descbe
irom dpa of sucess *
‘nought Fielding narrator realy evasive about the
notions athe pass female of the pecs, hes somevthat
Iemreluctant to preset the mind of he more wordy and
tie mule whe tenn 9 saber—and more esl nares
tnindevca Inthe wor of cacorstance. Aer banshment
Fron Sophia, Tom elewes is emotions na foo of war,”
tnhich "pos prevented his mistoranes fom exe Cur
Ing isl or bursting is eae," el hus great simply
‘he rar tak, His aes unimpaired, Tom then cai
testo the praia problems of where #9 go abd owt
fxtvalving and tus eturs th text tsa conte tis
Sth en the araors geet competes bd ves
fim occson fora phy gmc pronouncement ever) an
tro ety deste of mney. on that account ely
alu om all means of seguing i"
Thelast quotation pss panes tendency ha ing
and Thackeray share sed tht defer nave ronnie
‘we the presence foci ator marta, uma ore
ain fiom eabelding his character pete thoughts ithe
tun geveeliensons stout human nate, Noe ote fe
‘more tres in his comancry on events has i the
‘odin thea eve tay flee whi i characters, be
{sal comunited by his nartve stance to exp, ofien d-
‘hese cvaanin, eye pastage of psyeho-naration n+
ratonoveted novel rt wt 3 bee Seatenes oF ew St
the pat fllowed by several longer and more elaborate sen-
tence tthe present Ve can to which sucha
‘Setoriccanstom tenner ie ilstetd in another passage
[Pom Voy Pas Here the narrator sccompanss Beck (ths
{leony orlling) into the room here Armen i s0r08—
ing after ber husband ae gone to wat:
[Until his dao: worling ame in and broke the
Spell, snd ied the leh, ave too have foreborne to
‘ec ine tt nd chamber, How log hd ha poor ge
Seen om he kpc! wit hou of species pear ad
ines prstatn had she ped the! che war cheor=
{en tho we brine stores of fight and csumph
avy telly of thee Thee are foo mean pars of the
apeit and you don't ear widows eis and mothers
‘inthe mad of te shou and ebaton the ret
‘Ghonas of Victory, And ye en was the me, that
Sach have pot eed ext: Reate-boke, amble pote
tint ward nthe uproar of the soap
“The evtsion ofa inside view could not be more complete
The maraoe, bviousy osoreiterested in his dates
Tring th i Amelia's sent sorrow, enters this eal,
Timon maerenlyand seapes ar sify ashe en. By
fhcikng to tial sorow of "eae poor gl” imo
iowa ie and mothers bey hesaker Ant us 2
innate mong the oer “heat-beokn, bumble roe
‘ana the late re among "the gest Chorus of Vitry”
Ts peonounediy shored maraton, te he lane ie of
an individ! chatscetbevomnes 3 sounding bod fr genera
truth abot horan nature This esting tendeney dete
nines analogous aproacies to the one Me by novels who
Ire ocr spose diferent a+ Pring, Thacker, 204
Batre Bata’ design, ax apnounced in the peice de
Coma maine, wis cape paripmats the descrip
tion of socal specee” by the ciation of 25 aay oF FESfrei he may have departed rw this dengn smote =
Spec, bsnl we te not peat Sd th
‘ Comite inane a tance of peyeonnaraion eat
owed and dared by ahora plone, inthe fol
The nex diy Resgna drei himself very gary,
ssl shout tne clock i the aeooon went a al
fm Mime de Resta indulging onthe wy i thow i
$y faoluh dream which sl the ve of Young sen
‘Shaul noe of dange they esses in erersng
erie hc existence simply by the pay then
ration, and renserehemelts onhappy ots By te
‘allpa of popes chat had ap yee no axon sven
the hte fncy if they were ne spurned tm,
the sical word would not be pore, Eugene walked
‘enh exrme eion node acevo gt muy?
No sooner doe the marae mention an inner happening
(indulging in» ican) than be imposes 3 aloe
fdgmene ("dzily fk"), whieh immedi lowe
By 3 change of tense fom naratve ptf goes,
‘a change of rabec fom the spc Hanae to the
ies "yogi," The te then proceeds wih sted
{nd exendodpeyclogia analy, only to cad tn an even
broster geneeination i dey were not ignorant or Uni
the socal world would uot be posible” When the text ae
length err to Ranga, we have lene nich sbou is
peer group, bu lie about is wa thugs,
co fs nd Se hace be as ©
Sate wh ae fee, Wind budge
areas Cie he une goers for moving
SERRE pe on be rs momar
se Stef pesos. Teepe xg
‘Our dscsson wp vo tis pone suggests
seme propos between sori ad gua minds: the
Iino reve the epahof scbaractes” poche o, for hat
haere teste payee the have dep 0 revel east
ESTE ought other naratorjsousy guards his
fetiptve the sole thinking agen wth is novel, sens=
Tig tke hs equipose would be endangered by approaching
Ire hr sat tocol aa staying 00 Long fore
Cae lg ton nce ed thor dine std
STR historical development ofthe novel early bears out
tn oid aoned nares slepreereve instinct: with
IR growing aerest the pooblens of indidalpayeholo~
fh he tobe naar Gppests rom the fictional wor
Rotem + Wayne oot mies sper "any ae
Saas ewe tesa arta br erase» fly deve
‘pe igual somcousnesspbons away the motional and
ESheualencry formes ladged ade expansive maratn[ven when he panes fons center stig; the na
tinue to marae, becoming the neal bur indpersble
{estoy ofguc-onened aration, fis therefore no cine
‘iene tht howe weer wh ise ined oc emova
ocitsow narrates Gm ftir norbly Faber aed
ney meres als the creators f ft
previously unpaid dep and complexity.
Although the image ofthe scciawing reaonship berwecn
‘hthontl and igual minds ho» cere srl ves.
‘Somes iva once the more exttcme fone of uth
Zrraion have boon abindone, In paychologial nove,
Considerable vation inthe manner of narating tie con
Scousess. Thee variations range between fo prncpal
sypeone i dorms bya prominent narstor who, eet 6
Ie ocaresinently om am inal payhe, reais empha
tilly diced fons the conscotenes he erates the other
mediated by aac who remain fed and who ready
fic with the conscisnes he tates Two wellAnown
mnoder naive fens wil empty these Ove typeof
feychorserton: Thomas, Mann's Death in Vense. and
ayers Porat ofthe A
oma Ma is one of the several ewenieh-cenary
Sd put him st che service of individual psychology. Deh
Vente concentrates filly on the inber adventure of is
snc pragons, with Aschenbocs ming ended arty
Uy means of poychoratatin, and only orion moments
af quoted or arated monologue. The nara of he ory
Hols che unwavering sane of we sod rational peycholo-
fst, whose peal fe the psychology of ere ats
pehologica ate changes, a6 Be gravitate fom reson to
cea ne lsc, whe Asheack
Protsgonse nce y
Joule fll contol of he tonal fee, selemage
cy newly cocci hie nataoe’ image of hem
item the lcrsectios here rs maked oe gap. The
jd postage occas somewtat past the midpoim of the
Slory, when Rschenbach aeay gear gone." Having
wed the boy Tadao wth ee enon of ig oP 2
Seal comersuson, Aschenbch ads himself oo song
Too ate, be thought at his moment. To ae! But wast
too Tate Tat rp he had fed ok, ihe ite
have edo goodness. gut, to satay
ber. Bur ie fact ube wa, ae aging m8
{pot wan the sobering, hut the ioicaion wos.
‘Ear hm Who an decipher he are abd pases of
Tplined and dolce natin when st 30 deply
ced For aot tobe cpa of waning sary sober
Its daslaenss,Aschnbich as 0 longer disposed,
seers te ste, te opr! disposition of
Meter yews elec, matty. and rd sine
‘isos died him rom aiyeg his monies,
Il fom deciding whether it shit cnsoence, ote
Aor and weakest had pected i om ea
cope, 2s mi
Nea ae Sb
Sgr ee ba Apress teThe narttordistnces hime from Aschenbich immed
tly, by qustioning the decly quoted exclamation "200
ia a by then intespeting the fa acta n+ mpm
tf aboormal behavior fon of behavior soneary 2 fhe
tows bythe paar. These norm ae sured Up i
the noion of sobciey whch aed saiacy when fol.
jected thse congevce. Acchsbach’ supreme rake tox
‘ction Th pices him in an eeenee postion, makes fim
Into an enigna the subj of the naman dsay: "Who
fan deaphet) 1 Who can comprehend?" bei 4 coo
‘Eny thc ino pot senenoueness, Couche othe
frome presntihe terse uted formless generals
flonsabe suthoral eric addresses sl to the mises
tu vetnes of the human conan, and this auhoel i=
oinisomplistly denice Aacheach when thea sentence
‘eeu thm: "Aschesbach ws ao long diponed ose
ism.” tn tht le semen, the rofl lr
{et becomes the sub of
‘A umber of fens in che pssage ae typed of pay
netton with pavinol dsondnce The most conspicgoas
the prestice of tee cathodes eateries, unmistakably 5
tor from the naan proper by ter goomic present
tenes, Beyond hn x hghly sac raya voesbulry i
treo eset ir worl, orto chat the obscueet
Nev of the poyehe. Wihoor necesenly sping cms
‘Genes Mans naata ate aero 4 pose of specie
Drsementehie concep linguage shows tat dominant
‘ursor procs the immer Mem 2 manner 3 ar removed
fiom th eye expevence ac urs payhsateas dogstic
‘ote might be fom bs stie’s ee asocatons. Nowhere
{es the arson snake the slightest to expoone the
Syoo of the amage of Aschesbach’s own coneeoures:.
“Then "to ne” pono ltt the parity
Tween the marrtor's caorstione and hi subj’ sent
thought, The ie trae forthe detuning appeatin “the
ing man,” badly a epithe that Ascenbach vould apply
to himself in eis moment of wealdebe remeenaton, This
etepile his bere the paratr’s ae the characte’
Sion one of the ccwet sgn of choral orientation in
ee ee ear pois none detn: he mat=
coo raaeturkyowldgeot he charterer ean hs
SEL y tps uand sear To same epee ht
Set eetion betwen nara ne gr
Sian th ene pee Of the nano. Athi
seen peace im o mani mensions
sores rts othe er owing or wale 0 B=
se ec tanenyns a af pce iyporce, Ce
wy Ooo Noe caplaton of oye dehy he oe
se eae5 eof chal woh, fe coptve and ingu
Sg nec s mato and i character of psa
ee it sap never pate byte in
a eee i ro re det ern ds
TE ecming the capaey of pyehosanaon
athe tmnt fe id
se peed tea dane, lens to he
inn Pe judgment ofthe foal Bare by hs
se eetaeasn marcy dsoeant peat
caer oui avred oy cas ike Wayne Boot) wh
sea Fra guidance fr te reais of aac sd
Se Pe ike Jel Sue) wane o
sr Pc fecdomto fo the ow jugnens, Both
cr Rate cgcuy node sov hae se nee
soe ne efte Author power can theo
Se ty sive Desh a incest any re
Seer emer ml to canoe be an fr rane
BOD cig Seon mane tat Se utr eps
ret fe pompous n-ne tt Achenbach‘owe morte udnents are mean tobe ead agit he
Counters when he stp in mi-aovel tase i charac:
fer sa his leone" "Thongh be applies modern value=
‘Sandee ncerity, vty, ec) his evens mir of ie
Sedeccaucenury auctor cats parotc Ligh hit
Joye's Porat shares 2 sumer of etree with Mann's
the otfcr on the wanes inte mental Bes ange
‘oon high rationality to steal vision. Boh works ar fo
se on these ental igurss invariably adopting ti ange
‘tion inthe presenaton of the word surounding them
Yeuthe maraton of the potas consciousness Ses in
the two works. in spe cote #0. Manes naraton
“eyors cammot be gatped spat ty within he ox
Titvmon srking chaser infact chat he engrasps-
by chameeonic He peratenelyadaps his se othe age
{uf inood offi er, coloring t ih baby tbe begio=
‘ing ston, wath he batho othe bading adeno at
tend and m berwen with ¢specrumt of pryalogial
Staves and developmental stages
"Though no single pasage can demonsuate the narteor's
dapat, the allowing asage features the moa impor
Tantcharactrte of de comonant po siehoonaet:
He shake the sound ot of his exe by a ange toss oF
his head nd hereon, stub rough the mouder-
rf, is heart sleealy bien by an ache of loahing
tl bene, Hi father's whist, his mothe’ mater
ings the screech ofan unser mane wee fo hin 109"
woes fending and treating to harble he
Pride ot his youth. Fe drove the ecbors even out of his
Flor wha exccaton: bu, ase walked down the sve
hue aad fk the grey mooning hight fig about Bi
Chroogh te dipping tse and sel the soge wld
‘tll ofthe et ess and ark, his soul wa loosed of
The esioladen ees ofthe avenue evoked i hm, 36
sways, memories of te ee and women nthe pays of
Goieae aopenaun, sd che memory of thei pale or~
Gt and the tages falling om the Wet branches
Taigled in emo of gues joy
{ig acne here of the mare obo sigos OF spay Be
thon the stating andthe fa eomscousess no Ome
Rese dancing applitions. On cer napecto we ind
ha he maar avons promine ana .
te el pal nein 1 the are
‘borne of tee bog (el kre) a” vay
The nator sil eer, be st reporting with phase
Seer Near sendy bien by an ace," he dove he
thoes even oat of is hea,” and 0 forth, 0 the mem
ry tsotow, and "joy" of he ral sentence. Yer hee
ies show the dscreton Of the naraing vole, how it
ih w the Purl thoughts and figs even 28 rep0r
orn nor by abseac semen bo by meuphor, notin 2
The pangs fellows 2 typak moreno ah domestic
We thers commondesing white the mothe’ ag
Ting, anda mad nuns seeing io» neighboring alum
phn’ negative obecans st be laves the bout, a0
Sure by thee nurs and then spewed by seston o
celor igh an odors, while his eons ate enbanced by
IEarny memories, Why fe asoctes rladen tees Wah
Haupenao’s omen never mde cleat, But the overall
SEE ant hs movement tow textes experience
eowizdge of Stephen's payee seems to comnee with
Sep ecknowledge. Fees ating onda copave piflege om ehe nae’ pat, wih ée possible excep
ofthe phrose "the prade of his youth" which Reetnghy
injec + semblance of sthoralsbtracion, Thi consonant
re of peycho-naracon duplyy dprity of ales even es
‘Rin Supanny of nowledge The abvens torn A Port of
any sm of crake judgrants bas ld the unsaved
“ieonion of ashore ate toward Stephen; bi Jose's
Svoidanee of «marked autora prevnce surely sient
roof thatthe pora of probit set a peoblematic
Young man denunds fon the reader te save wlrace for
Paycho-narraton at A Poa ofen becomes more
etctaly tinged wth Steers iio than inthe peeage
stanly. An almost complete intermingling of thor)
wi gl es yr sen gy
Th thre pager the nearly safocating lanes oF Secpe's
oorromanui mod Hoods the rare stunt, Modalting
the cro dren acver al telate) eo pote exprsion
{Gren quoted in il) the invevening ceaive eit
‘oni cpored by anarative voi tha mutes the magic
be pattern in Sephers mind. ls inception lend upto the
fst atnns of the vilance
Towards dawn he awoke, O what sweet mae His oul
veo all demy ets Over his Limbs in sep pale cool
drove flight ha pane, ely sill av i hi ou ay
nid coel waters, Conscious of fine test sit, Hi
nud yar wiley sbwly to ¢ temulocy mong
knowlege, » motxing inspiration, Aspe led hi
press he pace wae, sweet dew, moving ar mse.
Bt hoe Ely trainee, bow panos
ifthescapi thencelves were breathing gon in! His
soul war raking slowly, fosing eo awake wally.”
‘The pralomiaanteedhnsque of ths pusege i stl psycho-
ttrtion, deren by the prison of webs ad nos of
onscounesr. Bue voeabelty and thy se 10 ly
colored by Stephen's pose idom inthe making that one
aise of eylatc contagion " This ern wis 3u8-
ston Spuzer ina rather diferent cone: whet he
SEiSlonu ae muons eye bsometines peppered with
‘Ero ra et or uty Aredia h eh
‘Scr enring conscious, the phase sytem
Tego can serve eign places we pyeo-maeao0
ee othe narmed eronlogse, tacking 1 Kd of
ASRS, Slvecn te or ecbguee whee sreporing syne
{Eke withthe ner lomo the mind ender
‘ange oychonartaton von scone
Bek Sfpurenarcned nonalogue, most fen athe fore of
owe ec encterse of Oe
‘Bosc cadhmtons an erosions 0 sh
Ihee chit the ct pase, the wo excatatory
“She ete enn, mires
ERSTE a an insence of usted monologue, and he
fic dit the vllanele contains many of the Key words and
ESLgeom the aration ha precedes egies sonal
‘nase Pipe aymibions betvec mtrating sti Big Woes
Frcttes plat sroaghourthistxt. *
“ra saniy of ts consonant ype of paycho-iion
to the mone dees onologetecngoes or rendering Baal
(etgie cane i par for aban ocorene the
Ste tconsunes navel there freee: Ba ern
seta acknowledged by theorist ofthe gence. The
USING of chi chapet focuses om some species tha
‘Se ase vi nec, and ome el ontons
Swany an Expamion
ERIS tempor sete the omni sanosikenclocuto, the time of marraton roughly coining with
‘hana eve Bur aycho-nration hae lot aed
fenpora esi tats realy summa an anes de
‘elopmeat overs ng period of ime as an render Se Bow
Sfscesnve thoughts ecg or expandand elaborates
Mental descriptions nage ne -frame are found ost
Reale novels an! ane Assen swarks them sith patil
Emma contin 0 entereinno doubt of he Beng in
she though v2 good dea apd aferwars but tle
‘She had great plesore a hening Prank Chur alked
ofan, fr hse, greater plese than eer seing
Mis and Ms. Weston, she was very often thinking of
nowr how ir ws how were his rico, ow war hi
ont and wha wat the chance of his coring co Randal,
inthis pring But on the other hand, sb could ot
ini heel to be uakappy, no, ter th st morning,
To be ks disposed for employment than wal she wes
fll bey and cher andh pleasing athe wre se son
Yet maine bie to have faults and farther, doh
thinking of hin 9 couch, anc, a ae st owing or
‘working. forming thousind sisi scherts fr he
Poti co fsa yng ce
Soa of every inapinary delrton on hide wa ha
Sheree hin. Tei ation was aways osubsie io
et, Ergin ccnng 0k
tune tense ofthis stuck her et se could ot be
Sery much inlove.. [Awten's phase"
A ind of panoramic view of Emma's inner self achiev
here, to vender the propre of her inner debate om he
Thow moch” of herfove. Though thee are no peecse we
indicator, the tied sentence tthe bin pois of e anet
events; “At Gt she sought i ae 2 good dak: and af
ST i fin oe The saerwares” dhs amit
{ke hemate momen of eaeaion “Wat she cold no Be
Se J thtch ie lve" This ecpcon sa clear ination of
fous dct perp looking ove the ete te pa
fem Oy a telecopiepeepectve makes posse
Tics him eo order sn gee te events nthe process of
Spaying hen
“Fa sobemao tes achieved by number of excl nd
yn can, among which We ean dings 2 eit
ie Etcene rythm of ne condensation: erate, de
wren ePiccnenc Emma shay se ning i,
pms naan amusing se,” ae concedes "e-
I apory decraon” witha refs andso forth, Dare
re sma opus evento » Fate of peste
eeeNoabe of er begin love” becuse se experince
‘tue cotons toward Frank Chuteil i diferente
ons meatoned inthe pastage "but onthe other band
througout te sme period er neem reais
caer ee is no eee disposed fr smployment then
ESI ual kenya chee” Toward the end of the pa
week dora gt ster undeined bythe several
FES peuple: hiking offi so much se
FrectyPac kings ming faneyig = aod ives
ee eiieie at drive summaries compre
15, Gemngen the mean opens of the aed P58
‘courant, amurave summary evouns 2 change hat ae
ce adil over an cmd pod of Sime, Only he
as Find tied smences othe sotto smmaroe this
PERU forsnce hee vomence aire the fal meta
forts cama ee wh
the dort ad asa mods suppor expand, and seb
The Sieenoebwen the
-durasive and the taeive typeof summary it more ery apparent in rch that
iis in Enh, whete the inpeie ees tle wed forthe
eemer, the po snp fr te later_Conspae for example
{he flown to pasages fom Madame Biv (which ae
be guoted ine origin
Maile fi pleine de convoties, de rage. de sine
Cette robe sox pr dots actu coeur loss,
tes levre puis wen moni pa aston.
Elect amonzese de Lao, eck I sole,
afin de pouvoir ps3 Tage se deletes de son image Lt
Se de Se pesonne ous la volte de extreme
on Emma papa su brs snp pe,
pe
motion wb ete I rata eae gn
Immense esomsement gel se fie tate.
whl "
Copeman es farmes spat, sae que a provision
‘Felememe ripusr ou que Pentstsenent ft op com
‘sdeatlc: L'sour pea peu slg par Pavone, I
egret tf sos Mabie foewe dene
‘lerpourpa son cel pale sesunt de ped ome
Sega pa gies ray empha
The st passage summarizes dort the ist hoe see
tences,itravely inthe thre htoughout it surveys
pryeic symdrome continuing ever an extend time pio
2 naraive approch Flaubert wes ute av suey For
‘mental a for pial and sci stations. The second Fae
Sage condenir smo a discrete event mutation th tes
Plice over long period he verb pep, ou habe
in par dag coney the gradu f pow the
fe the singelriy of occurrence
hs Ew quotation aso conta Faber’ favorite device
for ving summary paycho-oaration, the Seiko image
ofan takes he for fs hyperbole sae
From hit point on, the memory of Léon was ike the
centr ofher boredom Ispaked more stronely than
Mee oppo Bee ot trols that hs been abun
fo the nemory of Rodotpe, shad baie tin he
iG er hear and semaine there mor so
SES etite hn he umm 9 ong in
|e tines Flabet nets anionic noe nc these sys
‘Maile terby stein she suthoral orig
Bur the ancy ata new sole. al Ben sfc 9
ei ehwe tat she fly 4k hat marvelous pas
oR aac one ow fad been ke a reat recolored
ih ourng in the splendor of pose Ses ™
Se pepe
ypeknown accars in The Poti of «Lad, when the
sige sienly over the fist yer of labels marca, prefer
fing to make i sface in hee own mind daring hes eso
tpecive vig The stoctare radia! i seal
‘lentoues novel that follow one. or several ment
ams chrough 3 Wool “ordinacy day hve yet of
teu ie may righ on the remermbering mind daring the
Tet span of marae te, only onl stant re ae
fated del. Conrely, whew “Tune Passer” in the
rly uonnayinterka of Tote Lighter a hare
te inet liver ding the spanied decade are pasted in
sence
But despite the appearance ofthe adioaal mena =
wey. eychermareton ull has by no means dappested
From he modern coon scene. One reson comin £9
cet alongside the modem monolgietcangus i precnly
span scam alie expand dhe natant. And, a» Nahe Srraute
IS posed out, te expanded inatant—"a dgropertonsely
calrged pesca” fivorte timezone of moder:
novelas
Payehowarrion sn fact rely used spy to follow
‘Stein whether nko Gat ope te tal
testy, or wheter isbesty har bestows oe noc of
Seton pon the soul And yet Be weuld ave been
‘wrong sine thee was bound 9 be even inns deper
Rar krowlsge# heman longing for odors
‘whi all te ght ofthe world Rais source
The disparity heoween autora and figura peyche coud not
te grit hin inthis parage: Hoens vaguely cope
‘sane ofan unfamiliar fein, ut the marae can abel
frp and velate ie to 2 pulsophse system—anmis-
racine ga late{akably Kancian, This incommcusabiiy is underlined by
the incredulous laugh the nario imputes eo ogee in
the even chat the eoterc nate of ho feeage ete ade
lenowe to ir. And its epped by the ltl ern ofthe
paragraph immediately folowing this analysis “Par semovel
from sch meditations, Maas ete oom a the ht
inthemarkepace :
attire stand woven a dhe sam noel the
nnsraton of uncansdusessKecomes the single, sessed
and explce subjec. A mldeslse woman, Henne Wont
ing. sponds to he global deat-arge of te wa by progres
‘Sve lation ftom all he Mesut insplcs nicole
Th proces aks plc nthe hidden recent het pape,
whe he conscious sei apprehend nly balling behve
for sympoms, for "ao man Knows saying ofthe ect
scopic structure of Bis soul" Thi nencognizane is
sertsed cough the ext Hanna ile wih he wat
Sesrings of wisch one waned! to know mothing ad ined
Ke noch she bar "x very dian a etre indie
‘houglt,” she is austed by Smages that words ca acne
ompas.*" tn one phase of her pesonality seston hes
letings for her abot solders ae secu aa
sexuality, her memory of hin ta anonymous shale
fhe fst dssppear whi fc, sen his moveable ex:
true, hs hanes fe, bot she unmoving gd
body, this too reaching fom the brerabone tthe
thigh, at highly obscene mage of che male persed
Inthedeptuather memory. And dhe ters pur
fi forge prised cone a
solid treme andes. on inde) which
foxgeuness approached more tnd more rly cating
fof thiner snd thinner shes, paced by the
Bur no sooner has dis graphic proces ben decribed than
the marator ches himel for having ecco the psec
content (a mere mephor, thereby emphsizing tha ths
bycne reduction proses ie an auroral construct athe than
2'bue poyctlogeal repreenstion. The nareator then
Feces ws expin the grower smpexiy of he “tue state
tata, whch aeaye remains shadow, angled flow of
Grader images, 4 foding of balfremembered memories,
Fatfatought thoughts, hlewshed wsbes, over wot
banks shad in silvery vapor a lve) mit dha eke
tive way to the nade into ee bck str Dest he
ce, imagati om, te language ofthis paydho-naraon
‘inca to clacgate rather than oem he igual peyebe
The uraot ue raynboliclandaapeas «kin of thor
ie cowrelive fora blinialneatom that cm ever emerge
Gi the conscious level or toe verbal srice of he figural
tind The consconsese i enetaphorially ll 2 tea
‘ningled Bow =a Hooding vee withow banks
be mtr aca, ln pet Broek’ metaphoe-
iat cxpleatn bee dozer resemblance to Willa James
oimaph of the te "steam of cnscnuaness” 2 prcholo~
fgets suggestive concep image dan to sich hon
Epos of tis image ar the "Pendope” section of
Wek the excive focus on unconscious processes inthe
two text ftom The Slater, Boch dws near init
‘Seaton where maratve Bion borders on pecholopal
Te Suy The marstors commentary op Noguera aHam, ineviably casein guomic present tense, appronces
from 1 diferent steson the theorizing of the eee
inecenh-centary auhoral ua, even though
focus har sed fom nterperonal to hrsperona elation
ship, rom the mania sea nrfice of hate he id
den depth ofthe indivioa psyche
‘What thslime-sadon unercores concerning th ifer-
Snisay eo widely eld blithe noel who wither fo
powray the ean conscious strata af pyc ee oced eo Jo
by way ofthe most ndeec andthe most rations of
allble modes. The conelation drawn by ces of che
Stcu-ofconscausnes novel between the cise depth oF
the level of coneiusness portrayed andthe relive dest=
ee ofthe tecniguer ned t pty hem steels cm
rly eroneous. When Fede). Hoffa, Metin Fei
an and ioe secny Erwin Seiberg snc Psy
fo dteced thinking and ational contol" ot “the highest
Reel of abstraction” and the more sea “sresttob
conscious techies wit os ational, more spontane=
‘rand moonstone” menalsteatn,™ tia coerypondences
bbc ons confess of manner with mater, on the sum
sion cue only dhorganize language can render dione
minds. They forget tht the mose sna ofthe “strem-of
‘Son miedo the ingest sey ofthe ad, whevet the
conscious s by definition eaicly devoid of language. AS
Leon Edel ply pots “she oncom cannot expres
rts own uecoracins form sine abvouy ths ot
{ious He an only fr fom aml emegng nh soi
pre of the pen = What Edel als to poi ots
{hata noel not not nt hinsel 0 symbosf he wncooe
‘nu ht appt in his cece commons 8 ang
light peychonarston may be rogered a he mort diet
ined th unig, path that lead othe sub-verbal depth of
he mind, The most sesinc ntisition ofthe ending m=
porn psho-naration cntinute co have fo the moder,
Prycologial novel may well be Shiler's paradoxical age
‘Spec ie See, ach, 0 spricht schon die Sece niche
mn (han the ol speak, ala, Tong the soul
that apeeProuotes Monologue
Motes of Quota
The quoted interior monologue becae 3 il extab-
Tate technique abot the te ofthe nincoeth
ens." Many har of ean nore mona ny om
‘Srp onan fer caters nate erodes
SSE thay melblevue One of Toon one soe
monologues ested in 3 cape ike “Coming cone
Yerution which Mr, Joes bad with mse Tons more
soph Geran counterpart, Agsthon cee bina
hore veibly ins chapter ened “A Soh.” Them
‘or ao peice the onologee with long inde! spel
oicige bane onthe he's own dary. “This ene he
Concludes, “expins how the hitorun cold Kaow what
he taal in puedo Ret owe
indo tt the role of sr monologues wo orally
‘tsed up gute a high dra Tom Jone’ monologbe
1 ied bythe words “und searing Up he cred" and
Stopped hs owt snd funds venta bey” Conic’
Wiki Mc whoo lok soe, exe is apeare™
Even mitent-cauy attho conta eo alow tt
characes to apek sudbly to beacn, When Dickow
pects sce a he beyning of Life Doi, Bt
‘tae pein s meicaly eis: Av Ay loos a aleep
Ing lay previously unknown vo he," She very prety,
ett ”
she a eo heselt. "never we Beas fice- Ob, how
ie me" Tea uous hing ty, Bact a seme hide
En mening, for fll her eyes with tec. "* Since what
‘he sal aval” eae "hidden ang,” we ate
fire to some tat ke stor bear symponss
Gis, her sca petepil othe obsereant araor wshout
J 'petat cpithing device, Stendhal, whose chances
trotologize mor equenly han dose ter write ois
prio, el ute nconsiennrenpect ott aay
Wticnces ne ses toate olen adres 0 himself
re monologue.” we can be seine pis Spoken set
tre nec he wes wtng ta moment wea the coupling of
(Salm with he ajecdves terior” on “hen mst sel
inc toen zeontditon intr, Jen fet "ells ut”
(tenes) atest one of hs monologues And in is
Tongar solo (a pison hs voke agai bs se chides i=
feito the pe pscaring of bs most povate though:
Theinfveec of my conemporsis wins ove be sd alow,
nd wie biver laugh Talking to mye solide, oo
Spe sway Gor death, La sll 2 Bypocste.. =O
‘Sdsean entry [Stendhal lips” History. a i
Teron moment ee orator ering of the slog =
{Ton ama and epics questioned and deed by anew
Romane taniard of sincny, sl at, howese, i the
ey fore coders.
The anecation of the audibly sldoquzing voice with
setfcomoous posing overly reat a2 tally rei
Sroptom in late eycholgiel novels. Rasolskoy. in his
‘Eecnang mer dchate before tbe musdcr, "om time ©
San ould mute someting, fom the Mai of talking
Cetimicl "The nanacr even names "the menologucs
Innit he jor at as own inspotence and incon." Be
{Gane has shown, Prost’ Sera pte the endcky
Sfaaltaddeen whe he intones“thow inaneere mono}gNSsutra abo like 2 sen, 2 comedy one plays to one"!
Gues Bemard i The Couteoies, who stars his youl
tek fy hal stg gas
he sors deal of icant“ hid tat habe of constntty
peaking to myc Now, [ould do it any more, even i
tantl t." As we sal se, eionltion or scledeck
oninice t ated sory sacoarc even whe ie dope
teow the sien modern novel
(oreven mutering) a eltery morn en longer he rl,
sd becomes ineesingly succated with range "a
‘Sr with momens oF exveme aglation. Reals novels tke
bane company of ater wih lent words often bling
spoken wor) Sice now inpied eprdle of whethet
thinking or saying vers are used hecho (o hime,
‘rhea (ase. ” Sometimes introductory phases are
‘ren mite akogether, wit the inception of ner speech
Signed merely by qooton mater and other anda
pu! By the m-mec centry, waters who tl
police elaborately for thought quotations begin wo sound
‘tof date. A notorious example w Victor Hugo, when
57) beiscrupts the caper fom Les Minh cided "A
Tempe ia Bea by the hesvy-handed gos "Tes cern
hatwe de tk to ouraive there eno tinking beng eo
ha not experienced thei in tha vere oly thatthe
swords frequently employed inthis chaper. heal. he
‘helmed, mst Be understood, We tal speak, cry ost to
‘Surselves without breaking the external sine, Toere
ue Moe “
reat sumule; everything spesks within ws, excepting she
uth The fats of the soul, even a they ae noe Ws
fd psipable, ae onetelosteites” [Hugo's emphasis) "*
‘un even as Hugo betrays the fic tht he Delonge 4 Pre=
Reals genesatin, be su communicate ex calla the 35
Sumptons that ender the intraston f he monologue
Techn, and shows thatthe novels who wed aCHly
‘Sok it payeologaes real fo grand
“Tis slbning ofthe monologse woe goes hand in hand
with s change fo the syn of quoted monologue inthe
hovel of Dostoevsky and other ate Rea wets: Diet o>
tuto of characrer hough no longer esti 0
Inet moments explicit er ane or extended contemplation
fringe abu (°8 Tempera Beas”) bo accompanies
Seceate snouts and experener, Ths tel ina EX
{hae scot apd Berween Oar snd are seve:
The paper al come of he btn ofthe wall and hang
thon ten, Te gan sting lhe eng ot
Tote under te paper Thor intAllos of sight. and
thepune oa betoughe pletely, geting wp tl gee
ing lon ach hole which bleed ot more than ve,
Shen be shader allover rth boron "My Goal
he whispered in dest obat the mar hme?
hacen? hate wa 0 hide cing?”
Teh not eckonsd on having tts to Bde, He
ha only cought of mney ano had no prepare 3
"Bu now, now, what m1 glad of” he thought, “ls
chatting ting ys ering me men
staken by another saber of hcg
he cyte silting back nd fst beeen ports
taton produc puoiation of ingot Smells (be
thought he whiperd. he thoaphe”) dha, together
Iwuhthe clatorte ponent, conttuosly des atom
Dike Golsy of vempoina The eh e's dscatanowsSenet, oting ey this matches Raskoniko’snner
tnd te gion in his beets sene, bat would be es
Ie imo coinidenes, chen that the novel dha rough he
cata change in the integration of quoted monologs=
twih he surounding narrve text rook for as rabje (.
‘Worlls mous psc “an ordinary srnd on an ordinary
diy.” A typical paage fom one of the Bloom chars in
pees vad at folows
Hs and took ht at om the pg ver ina
teary oven nds om proper oe: sca
enrprot. Stomp: shyhek pa. Darory
rs ee i or Co ty to The ore
‘Bea nce com of his ih may iss
Tigh pade has Te peed quckly ie We leaer
Sean harp Jpop ue ae
‘One dori iin pocket rhe ac
ey Na hh ees 16 oe Pe
hav Cah warts Nowe dering he She oad
toes at me He pul thao ar hin
“ery qty ors le bea roped get ovr
etme np Late a Mg a ome
back anyphow.*® [my emphasis] "
Here forthe firs ime the inner dacurs eno longer sepa-
‘aed from is thioperon contest ether hy intoductory
‘histor by rap sine of any kind, The gin extual
Exutnnry Sori dor compare chi ext
Flom Crone and Punishment. The nating and the furl
woke now cobere toa port whee aly cae inspection can
‘etre which sentences are Bloom's monologue, which
bere Ulje and earerthiedperon novels tit ure te
{uted moralogi. The aered pearance of Joyeean mee
‘Slogus tends to make one forge thatthe mast lin am
ee Mina e
rata signals for distngsshing Setween report and mono
Togee ate common to Joyce and to eater novel the
‘Slings ba ese mn pas to preset and peson fom
‘hi to Be. Becrse of the fundamen sapienes of ths
(grata patter, experimental addtion of quotation
‘its and intoducory cage goes ong way toward ving
the Ulyse pasage + edit ook
Cn the doorep he ele ship pocket forthe che
‘Not tre," he thought "Inthe wowsers et. Mast
jeri Potaiol have Craky wardrobe. Nowe distart-
tng he. She turned over sep that ine.” He pled
{Be hdr taser Bis very uly
1 gocs along way, but not all dhe way. Even with che adi
thavof calc yuan sigma, the Joycenn monologue
‘esis an unremitting "foyeas” quay. Bax thi gla is
{resale more ofthe monologues om and Ls of is rae
Tiosip to the surrounding text. Note ao that ee aon
tthe pes "be dough ives Blson' le words a
mgr slmost a snl, bablng tne, eich may be
apne by oor babel ssociion of eae aqui pase
‘th more coberet tration veal quences can those
Droviced by Joyce's charactors
‘Ar reon Mitchell hor nota, dhe presence of quoted
monologues withoo exp sgnals of quotation im thinde
pron contet a oacietane forthe inflaence of Uses on
Thenovel tat lla in its wake. Derpite indi vrt-
tons in he notational system the wigs quoted mons
foyue bees halls for stennof-cnssioueess novels
Dl's Brin Aieunfrlt (he mom foes German of
Spring of Use) conta emt bene aration aed
Imonologae a cven goer oyee one beter By passing fom
Ce oe her wit the fe emtence:
[Where sho apace devi ik me go, he shuld along
the ow of houses, there wae no en ot Tabi as,
‘why shouldnt one Be able to wall sng Bere. - Hethrashed his am abou, now my boy hire you went
Twice in his passage a ere comma separates ated mono
logue from narative, but tee an peson (algo when the
Inipeoaal “one or the second prot are wed in bao the
fe) ol clealy mark the sit, Sae's sor nen
‘which closely imitates the ehnsque of las ws
{ur rections, ses geste varity of pntution marks fo
Spud the wanecon band fom monologue within the sme
SB eng ging onthe
Shea cule ees and toe ices Began tm,
ie ache, yeeiy er cong we ce
‘with rubber arrows, *
Ac mes even hee aes signal ae omit:
Sted’ vente he ine come ai, she was
‘nec hurry and he people who's me won't Know
atl my make undo ny grey cot.
[Desi thesymtatc contin, the menalopic inepion is
san clear from the changes tose ad peso"
ia modem prichologi novel, wha dhnking vets ae
fund ante anmetite vty of or alos
et Mai 8
ner, Vigna Woof, for example, dot her tats with the
irae he (¢he) thought" "Ob these paris, he thought
Etises pares. Why does she give tha pats, be
thought" Thee redundancies serge mately a8 9 Kea of
asl emphasis and ave linn comsmon withthe roatine
Fut formas of prejoycen doy, [a some af hi urd:
person novel aur tees a sinibr probrton of mental
i before and within monologue pager but Bi rept
{ons cary weigher mening than Wont, The flowing
posoge from Lit Aug spi
Mt don't even Know whit they ae saying t0 es,” he
thought, hiking I done how hat wha they 5
Ine hei smeting that mon donot ay ating i
Televi fd nt ho pt that Ua the tan of ey he
fe ding pons whi the eyes af (Eales
Spar
| sort of srascation fo Chiisis conscioumen i sg-
frst hee ith ach eecesine mental wer (“he hough
inking beloving’) dxcendng to lower dep, Tess
‘lear aiuto, and more associative imagery.
‘ally, we mos consider the typoogiallymsereting case
where int phrsescomstaute de sole hind-penon coment
Tors gumed monlague. Thsoret:ly, one could conceive of
{Thatonal extn wha th aur ly Eancson woul be
to name the ther and hi mental loco, on the pater
"thought." flowed by 3 nove-lengh monologue
{now of works that conform othe pattern exact, Bat
rly some ho approrehie Woolin Te ave les the
pater, wih be bet og phe" said
ermard ais introducing the altering on
tages of ts sx chracers>™ Cams’ “Renegade reverer
the pater: th zi
monologue of tongues “speaker,”
‘lose in quotsion mai, begin withthe words" What
Stews wht sstew! "and ends 30 pages ater, mar
Tarr cater in extust explan te a oF the lcation: "2hand of sle AE the mouth of the ekaive sae."
‘These kia ingot rns, hough hey daw steno 0
‘he meno frm, eve tis form elf ice, With
"oung sentence, "The Renegade" would be an antnomous
‘monologe and chus + re-peron, eather than 2 tind
eon, tex, Borderie cise this ype highligh the bor
Gkrine tht separates the aetonomaue monsiogse [om
‘fundepeemn naan, anda the ame tne di
typological dncontinaty betwen the guted athe aon
‘mas monologue
Nema Coen
| monooit n 3 thir-peson context is 0 the unity
ominane voici he ext we read He is aways noe fe
‘sbordnaed tothe naratr, snd our evaaton of what he
Says to himself remuiae tel to the perspective (seal oF
pimited, teeny or ose, math or ion)
Sebich tke narstor place him for ts, vty ie (Mr
Bloom), ora adeeve (por Emin) shou erpete-
ho of whats characte quoted inking ‘The conte of
$ monclogue i shor, a important and te vale et
Fentent. And since the quotation of set words does no
‘mmm the narstort the pon of view oft ctu ny
‘more than the quoaion of hit spoken words tract
‘monelogiing i aoe a sometimes hough a ign ofan
Fed, gurl pint of rie
Some authors even te intxor monologas to reinforce
the tonic gap beeen thee narator and ths prtagonse
When in Sore fd withthe smi advances of Made
de Reo thinks.
before my Joumey, 100k her hand, he withdrew i
today Ividdraw ty Rand abe geape and press A
‘Bae opportuni to repay hea conten shad
forme. God only knows how may lovers he bas ad!
She pessps choose me only bce 0 convent
ee Mle ©
the marco naa pices thi ural perspective in pee
spective
Such, alas, the misforune of overcivilzaton! At
ten the sou of young mn, he bas any edcstion
{speak fj hots) nies way for the lier
‘rihout which love i offen oly the mos tees of
ies
Sich conjunctions of interior monologues and asthril
Joss mnie the dupaity betoen the marator’s Et-
$Sghidnes snd fis caracer's myopia The same holds rae
‘Mhen a maator node bi atene to ae duals he quotes
Thackeray, never one to let x character tal the show fe
long, kt Becky monologze ony wo Bend ee thoughts his
foay, Her rate ows of morality, Rrmulited By hese
Ind prdone-—" eat dificult be 2 country getieman's
‘ie Rebecca hough, Thai cold be» good woman
od fe thomand nyear. are ee evaleted, then
‘iy appropriated by er mareator:
And who knows but Rebecs was sgh in her specu
‘Sousa that wat only 2 queon of money and fOr
tne which made the diletence been het and an hon
{St woman you take tempeations int accourt, who's
(Gay tat he beter thane neghoe? A comfortable
‘Sree ot prosperity. ft docs ot ake people honest, at
ies kepethom 20. A aldecman coming rom a tute
Fest wll not tapout hi argo stal seg of t-
ton: Du pt ro starve, and ee few ot pon
In Gee ents he taton” commentaries lend away from
eyeolgial characteantion toward chose geneakzaonsshout human azure ss character ofthe authors mode of
Inraton. A dierent, but no les empha, diy of view
pots can obtain wh dca thoughtuctatsns are com=
Eine with sthoraly orient peycho-aeation, We have
already ghimpact this dnktc in the paage fra Desh in
Fore aayeed in a carer conte Ie fre heighten
when, rovvatd the en, Aschenbach i alowed t speak hs
role extended sbloguy. quote scktirely rom the moe
the aseon found throughout the Herat o the aeame
though or ee preopecth evel of conscounts Applied
tine hs A amit Rho’ ant Soph
‘monologues ate someslang on the onder of prespech
speeches made of prevetbal words*" These conditions
ther cnt sul of the "sternal
‘onesies tecnigue” in Liye, Since Stenberg. com
‘eral pryhic phenomena he underands the word of
‘yp Boome monologue "symbae pred saloques
ot Blom’y visceral sessions,” ether tha a ice quot
‘ons of Bloom's internal ngage lis on-vrblcmcey
on of te ream of consewmes, nether words, nds
him to Joyce's primary purpose in chosing the quoted
ic echique over the ter aval techni or
depicting tenner it, namely to eons characte wer
‘eponst co thir expenene. Joyers pretagonis, hardy
ver apeeie may even be sd to sft om 2 Kind of
rel Mile ©
chronic logorthes, The tem “sneam-of consciousness
therelore applies fo the monologues of Uys only if one
(Sune the word cocousnes” with meio ngage =
fyerhimsolf ems to have done. Ron then range,
‘fm lal rasoning > tay asocatos, he ought
Scena he eat are ssl tans of mental lange
olen career” wth the character hough wick they
oa tn te hnguage icy spat w othe.
Th corollary and crea more laos misconcepon bas
‘een tnt mor monoogies in stexrof-concnusnss
ove present achascer payee sean erent
Theis of warns” Ths i an ambiion te. neon
‘Sonologuetecique ven lee able to fl tan any
tier, er enon led oth othe sate of the payee and
‘othenmr ofc ex However nny tease
pe tment tine, words an be thought only one 22
Zev, no rater ow sywocticly they ate interested”
Bese hs conaruvees apps qs a ely co he
Tangonge of fiom Che words over writes and reader
AoE test the language of conse, the corre
‘poraence teas forthe rent pecaarl contineing ihe
[erotetey: seme that he i "mind-eading” which may
Spl compenat in forthe Hearty ofthe mental evens
te flows.
Morcnet, despite rection to wha support in
scons minds. he aneor moro cnitey ORE
the payee depth eneah the sera sien ths eect
the tecnue can be compured comand may Ks pose
Frelanpase ave ben flared bythe pyehoanalye
Sige of tee swocation, the “metbod scoring ©
‘Such Yoice mut be pen os Sought wae exception
THE cer the mnt Iisa though the reaaer were
Jlned rte postion of pach shose patent ond
SEoftion deh couch rly wing or bie to do, Bu
‘his analogy by ne means mph tae uted monologue are
tetsons oF uconsciws thought. Even perfec exertedfain wl Fin hry, ef ie ncn
scout only sympcomaticaly, Sy way of revealing furs and
Jeeps nthe texte of the dcourseincongrses se
Sie tn over ot tesa ee
SS othe ri lo eee
tog put seed tgs “cade decor and op
inun the verbalied stream," How intricately Joyerimpes
Steph’ inerat ngage it jae wah tomcat
‘motivations and obsessions has recently been demonstrat
"Proteus." In this indirect fashion the monologic technique
Sit a a re
quot diety since "langage pecs nly eates
that ace a4 oder ing re
gs 5, bh inf ad see
pralngisi.” and “abeoltly epee and difeca™fom
‘hafinguge™ Mec oes nh a el
therefore, woulkt be the last to resort to direct at
confirmed by his abandonment of the realistic monologue
Snr ot daly ee et Fa
‘Sonn can Nsta ateratehse es
frei ce pets oe
Eke corbying mpi, munpes iadae os
Src nb epee abe
Solas Tindncies
Sinceinerior monologue prpors to render ee pay
‘ealprocess, the mimeticnorns that apply tos content sPply
ua Meni »
tly ts form: ke the Inguage a character speaks 10
“ther he lve he speak to hms wll peat vali
Suy Tri iser characte ie accords with hse, his
Sink eae station, level of ineigenc, state of mind
Ecker fciona fas and cumanes Bu lous he
thoveloe techno shares inthe rtal mimetics” fal
Figur angenge in elite eon” occupies in thisseapest
se rately pear postion. Everyday reat offers both
‘aan ind adees a aot ule esa bas fra
‘ng the verte of dalogue i con, But how can
‘ees now, ort sear jag, the platy of a ane
inge for which no audible models exit in his nom-teary
eRe cc) Tia petbae why the preset tse expen
Serre wih das technigus had to ome from wits Who
{rowalyrebe a lease ar mich op sorption and imag
Sonar em eamet-eye and vesting.
"Wah the brio exception of Joye and his most impor
uot progeny novels have ike ead anage of the po
aul Heedow ierior monologue oer for syste
feincntstom, Instead, ever since Ge “Conversation ME
FORTIN Hise ashe begining of te Reali et,
‘ties huncer ia thin-penon novels have converse
(Sub'ducnctvcs a vohblycllogea son. Thi i a
Toe tr modem wre like Liwrene, Malux, or Hers
Sway mer how avantgarde hey may bein ober
ijecu as is fornanctentncenery Reals the Austen
‘Stentor Dosnewky. One esa fr ti conserva i
‘Sioa the more te language of monologue deviates on
SRRmsaneve leguages the less realy wil be come
‘Simabict eaders, Noveots wh de noc wane ake sks
{ih he readin ofc orks wl atincely avo
(evitoe
Tit he dso ngage tat served ats model, monc-
topic language dd of couse gothoogh consierable changes
TeNhe Reno wad eves beeame progressively Ho
Hamat, nore spontaneous a vga” even ait devel ped
fret sceaty ip eprodacng, dat, jgons, and pe
‘al iosyntas. We wl never know whether mileAlas women in Aso’ ime talked to themselves a8 for
toa they tel to cach ober ll we Know is at Ase
fens women do. AndséHemingays men monologne more
Fray ths annex reece he red norma svi
2nd he clatgal soil compas of moder fiction ether than
‘ake conespoon of nema language se. Selatelly
{any ae, interior monaogue i nessting nly to te de
fre tha ie Sepa fom ze olla mode and temp
the mimes of a unicad guage
crew dc he sl homes ino eng
Eencivefennctht “lremiate menlogue fon
lagu gery even exs that do a0 deere cat
‘monologte in sec language
The mot imporane ofthe 3 ghey noted semantic
pute pectiarto slates the ie aemation of is and
Second fern pronouns in reference to the same eject. Col
lpg tenor onan of ph ik "ou a
wayaretr oth pon spoken,” cote person speak
ing,” monolic gues makes daa rvopetons orale
5) on ming th her win ll Pao
tently dloguc, is semantic axe nom ehuteratally
tronologie. Ths sttire's mos dearly mevience whe a
imeror monologue take the for of dialog wih ay ie
‘enalaed purer Heres spray le ample ows
Tae Desf ton yh
The be grew et and not any ces weeping but
ven hel his beach and became al aenton. ew
though he were lnening not to an aul voie bt
the voice oF hls soul, othe cutee of though arsing
‘What it you wank" wat the fit lear conception
‘apie of expression in word tht he bet,
[Wha you wan What da you war eee
Qed Montane
Ad again he istened wth such concentrated acention
sat even spin id moe distachim
Tove? How?” ake i ier wos:
‘Why to heat towel a ples.”
‘sha you ved before, well and plesny?” the voice
rept
“This passage presets a dalogucsariant of ecrtng pattern
Toes erie, whore Bred emerges verbally in
ouscousnenssppronhing death. Ivan Tipe mind spt
Seeween a fila, baba sternal ioe, and another,
Menger “von af hit souls ring win hin that he
Stas simultane Bear end co iat eis hie,
ove ha adden tere qusons tothe self 4 sc
Pest nema dshogues have noe gone out of style in the
sweameotconsioumes novel, When Stephen st Sandy
mount conterapate i pide fr hifesavng, de you a=
{Renton cass snlogoe ss momentons) mean
He [Muga] saved en fom rowing ad outa
cus jeg Wools youdo white dA bout
stb aan buoy Neh por tee fr You
Wound youor wuld you nots Tithe
Tero want, wou.
The immediatly flowing section with his motes
Teen cello ee, Waterbird st
ove eat Sehr ene gui ke Said he be
Tice gan thn ase Fotoy panage, tbe sco
Peter san i raat
Ti pcr toe fselenddecsd hing jalanene
or retogton would em ta confm Fre oto hat
GeSke Seon in saprege) s constted ough
‘hejmeratetn eft psoel ve, ore oles of oer
Senay furs THe cod-peon frm tonal
sseteogac cds aay te, ha phenomenon Wily
‘ioe fom sckakeraton sd note by many pyc
‘Sat the sens taka or an dee sinPorant to dtingush this shetric of "an adiesing is
re (HM cl om te ate
sere of preRess monologue: the ater js wk
norms ofthe Rese theft
Peyctologies ecb °
This brs os a Sound pervasive tendency of monolgie
Seger: ing ant pom
feqarded 9 «speci rl spec ear, spac dply of
the crastence of ferent semantic cones” within Che
‘mind Vying for smlencos gui expression, these
tany vse ed yh tenor dines ine
eto ak and ke hes rn. The cnc rppore, er
‘oa fe
iy smerrpe. ite ith exch ote, and gooey
+hpeirntenor monologaessghiy dsconiaunes yee
Though this sys, at logs eats lows thecal:
logun mode, doesnt dies in tnd fos te sya of sp
en sd Egy sh oie deg
nouneed betwee an extended monolote (n. Mosey's
tng is tack of jealousy m La Charme de Pre) dan ex
eed dlgue ech a she 4 Fests tp
lovsloguctgeerally contin Rares of enamel ce
ssl aon set pers hums se They
she eon with dence, apical marked By
seson poiat—and although sposopei apes in he
dalgoes of Reuse noveles wall, tends tobe more es
nt sd me de i ey oshogans wc eel
Heston ha en mowsetous cree and cs, Camus
‘ey, eer, Uae varios daconsnss speech pate
Aisanee monolgse fom silggee even hoe the ws of
ommuniaie Tangeage ae broken in any singe semonce
‘Nonetheless, cher it she thiking om of Moses
Raskolgow to pepe sf Bloom and Stephen
The monologues of Utpuer may be rganted 6 pri
etl Menlo ”
rly clea instance ofthe historia diension of reais
Roman Jbobson dened in hit exay "On Reabsm in Ax
the ewdinoeary ast deforms the exiting ssc canons
foe te sake of clover imation of rey the conservative
public mbunetstands the deformation ofthe canon a. i-
Tomi of eet The fist generation of Ulu; reades,
‘Srulsaned by s long taditon of monologues modeled on
{Togecr: could only have experienced Bloom's and
Stephen's mene productions 3 rack departres Gam
falas representation, Mot "sentences Stephen S812
Fimscf on the fe page of Telemachus"—"As he and
ftherssce me's "Crany arm, His an "To ours
vc pagans. Omphace'—or tose Bloor produces at
{he fetoming of Calpe —"Cup of ta Soon. Good
Mouth dey" "Curious, Her sare. Carus mice never
cal Seem so ke i"=-arenotsetencss tall ates notin
the oul sence of wotd-comations spoken with intlige
bis pucpone Yous scm likely ha Joye ise ainda
Ur sce werent te than an ae stlation of
tenth langeage, Todays reader more tikely han his
franipatents take overs conception of verbal chou
Tern to seep the note hat ifs fom communes
Eiiipech aa smb of sigan esos, and to accept
the aonologucs of Uses a supremely convincing achieve
‘ne ensequcne Joye’ break wit Ue speec-mina=
sound coucpion oferta though ix dat fis characters
{peak to themselves ar more osynrati language than
{Rey speak to oes, Several rece tes hae sown how
Seephars and Bloom's smtsor idioms reflect et com
Slcentarypesonss, und have posted out sgnfiant
[Bronce ther gramar and thee vcabaary Ae fl
lowing Stephen aid Bloom dzough hoars of seltcom-
funian # amost ene ats spe to Bnd Um speaking
the sme King’s Engsh when ey Bally eramane in the
[Bbaats shel Tas high indiateaeation of monologs
engage wn crated hy many of Joye’ followers (D8blintn Exe, amen the) nd rahe in wie vy
fren gal: Be despre ts vey aie
“moms tte aig ee
fo wo pal ncn syns tisha
Jexical opaquencss. scone
iced bed hat theatre! st of ean
herent spoken language tol and that they tec Hs
spo moteur fant es Ca the ei
‘Stemi, jo wh Cee
Staal acy wn yd nt es
come figcs Diantr faesha hge
Cio The foment ay tain ped 08, ey See
Ents tan oiimmnen Deion cause pee
jected snp fe fom pase er
(sca snptge hatteces conse era
frag the wed ae os tp ele ne ald
Think fo st, ob How bt Sos
Memes Thy evel you nll beget
‘Bloom's onalogues, the most ly fished sentences the
tne which be mounts 2 readyemade curl erence 0
Is tanguage “They bees you could be canged ito a ee
fom goed and thee longer,"cltred senences heen
by const the suring brevity and fagmentaion, the ale
Toy trate ced of lot's oer sentences
Tihs cotexed grammae brings t mind eal forms of
spect he single wond exclamation: (Reet pilelogists 2.
‘lie to prmtive man, or the rudiment senses of
imal fen, Could be at chilinguage a neglected
Source of Uys? One might alos hin so when one eas
{he Rosin peychoringule Vygotsky's staly of egocentric
Specths whith Joyce could nae have Known 9! Ths stay
roves the ony enprcal confirmation (outside personal ine
Eonpecie) that Blom sent hanguape is indeed every=
‘SOP Vygoky’s views scm to meso flevane tothe sty
(hopes that I shall sumimaie them
beat
CContining Piaga’s welhknowe eaely expevients with
geome gescbeahe "shnking slows” of small cilren
‘EicGradualy wanes snd diappears comply azound the
See obsie—Vypotky aves tress that ended 2 dite
ove Pagers asumpaon th egocenti spech simply des
Sur's the child enn co see spewh socal. By system=
Socal observing egocentric speech is ito waning
‘Uygovky found that becomes increasingly dieretiaed
Thom a cid’ developing socal speech, ad less and less
Compechenibl as Ws fequeney deresne He therefore cone
‘tnd that Pinger had Ses wrong im suming dat ose
fee pecch simply becomer convened to tcl speech,
Rather, he ait, thie Engi avy Becomes er=
malacd am the maturing cil develope 2 "aew faculty t0
‘hink word tea of pronnoncng te
Ths ithe vol egontsi pect of chen evolves nto
tac imer spech aul, then open 3 window on eam
tas a pronowsly been tly clsed wo observation. Thishow Vygosky suns up what he saw: “Our expeiments
convinced ws that inser speech mast be rege nee
Speeth minus snd, utara ently sepa speed ene
Pate to extemal speech, ser spcech appears sconnectd
Adincompee. Vygnaky defines th ase pect
1s tidy td at opt sf of
words conseced ith whe peeving te predate ™
This fai els asthe siplest reson ce becase we
alcady ow wht sbjet we ae thinking about ha we can
dete verbal thought to use predation,
So that we may ended how arama this desertion
pointed out tbat Vygouky sees the worde “jee” and
predate” notin grail, bor Ina poychologia
sense. The subject is he known, copay neil pa of a
sxc pce "tf opal ems
Petition ss enentood in this se, all Bloom's abe
setae ea no yg deen the
rely nominal bento that oes on objets pected, es
Inembered, or imagined ("Craky wardoke” “Stange
‘Metemprychosi'7} no lee than the prc verbal Sen
tenes da fis on actions of states ("Sem cle
‘Looked shut" "Maker you watt #0 tng afer "” Boh
yp of seis concentrate sagen on Se sng
res mormon that crac to and bung het Vy
Patadossaly cil “speech sleet witout words
“The conespondence betwech Vyas ndings andthe
Joyeein monologue extend ko tthe second pring alrans>
formacion ofthe tecaagee ftom is callogal sfodl
fendeccy to exe opaquenen. Vygotsky observe ta he
Jimpoverabment of sya inthe egocentric specch of chil
ren counteraced by 4 semantic taint of eoch i
‘via word I ser speech words don ar wand forthe
Common (canary) ening hey hve open ngage
botthey siphon up addtional meaning yea of ne
und Monin a
hor of sense"—fom the though-ontext in which they
fd Conseyoenly words mix and match Gr more sy
TSE ce tan in eraary speech, forming eeroaoe
“Toes logins, nd gghinations. Aga the paycho
igure deseupn sounds every bit ke isi
Unlvesof the Ulysee monologues, The spedal mess tat
a2 Ur common wor to "kee of ery for
Sow, sme na, perme, we) ad fr Sepen (es
Petpet) have fen cn noted, as hive i obs
Toat'srth rare words (Blom parla, Sepben’s 0
ho their melons, word games, and =gpiaons
{forumanen word
Wat ewe mabe ofthe resale conespondenees?
scam ary suppose tha Joyce een oct ang
Tehaalvs por eves ta he eonscouny drew the analogy
Seetcenendophasy nd epocn spees Buti we asa
Gicjoyec ike Wim James, Hew, or oer get poner
frac, had extrdiary pomes of torreon
wee may suppoe tate might sel fate dened fom
Meaktevaon the sme coneepion of mee speech that
Vypusky deduced om bis expects with rn
"Ertsame ine iy ay ta oye adres
sims nan sow tke Bloon’s—probably he used one
‘tiara mere utsnogpaal Sep Obvious. te
tfonpectin eamot be the tole sours fr te sy et
Tors careterste snnologie syle. The second and
ly porns sou of hte mst be te imei
‘Red Lngunge character made outer n conven
ii chert cola om hee percha
ticees and charges wah vate resins, and wih which
[EStunedoweal when sew hooper peo spoken er
Thc forvne wes) In oop fs genes the, Bloons
‘onologues mat be cepted a 1nd of conunce be
wea pce SlEknowlsdge and he khowledge of the
‘out, nding Dblners of Boom’ tk
Tur he eetos of parjycean monologues one musty of
cou al yt soar indel when one specates ov heJarrated Monologue
Inia Des
Te German Naturalis story ented Pape amit
{isi which recounts the mene and physical Seay
os Sukespitea stony ne Onde be Fling sage
onal his
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wie une a comm of ence od
see Ray wh hp pono te ths ody
2 eed hin wel promontory
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ste mks hk maa ok fe ae plen
se peepee no ie tne i thf
5) pc Crgenan vapour Wha pee of
22bP sano be nen! bow nbs
ZOU Na Aasmovmg how xpos admit
Sino ean sop mpi how Th
sage Lapa he won pager of imal
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SE SUERE Ttien! Undine supe doe Que‘Wiehe asstanc of Shakespeare (Hamlet, 2 the waa
‘ion ny own: i lv exact than the “German Shake
tpeae” he celeboced Scgc Tek anata) wh ie
ted very deal fk paaage she original. Bry deal
that exept person snd ene Tore mmedizly spe
pare he font wa sclifereace Cader page
five replaced frncperion pronouns, the pot tee has
aed the resent The wit ot “Saleen qe
tin of Hanes monoogu), bat “arated Shakes
tation of Hale's mevolog). What is the cing ot
thr ermaormaton
The Shakespearean langage In thi pase cannot bea
tributed othe vars of Pape Hae wb pete ne
ur are prtins of ce enti naa Teper
Fallangage typ forthe ara ofa Nausslat ry a
rotons, by cor, hbealy decay Shakespeare fo
Femslfan the ny cis profesnal deformation ee
his ned to deamatie snd eonhcntac hr sor eapenences
Even trade of ths sory who hay never heard of etch
ge ofthe “arated mnolgee wil recog atthe
Above pata nde what Papa Hamlets fo hae
father tan what his narrator ports about him He wil ae
Sincively “redress” this text fo mean tha ape mee
hougt ohimset ave lie “hut where [ent
soto ly nih
‘4 nasfomation of orl howp-linguage int th ae
tse langage of three ftom sey what car
cts the techigue for endeg eonvcounes ths wl
‘ccs us theooghott hr ptr, a tha el he aed
‘monologue. may be sont acini deed ste tas
ioe fr rendering a shrascrs doug in as oun
‘we maining the thinoponan een and te baie
{ease of maration: Thi dentin mpi tht simpler
Poston of gamma ponom and tcae nl “ns
arate it an itr mesogse, Suc tants cat
Atal beara sea Aind of maya to cone the
Valiity ofa tenders appebenson oh :
elope wo 4 choncers rater ease 2 tacr' mena
nar ols eprom in Regents Pay ater Resa has =
moved ber welding rng
‘My han bas grown thin,” aid "have pu in
"yy hd: Te mange oe Be
san ae er Sl tf, Spin he
see dere ii, Srna
eo elon of ma ne ih
ae ee Rony, Sap, Daw, ad
bata "fowbon’he
‘ow hiner aot hein le
‘shed od. [ Wool lps
2 Kafe’ K. walking through the night wth Barbas he
messanger from the a)
‘Ac tht moment Brmabas topped. Whe were hey?
1 hth end othe oa? Would Barbs fae K.? He
‘ truce K ltees Barnabas am ony hat
Temes ue hams Or ha he cree apd end
weve they ea oe Cato gat? Ba hey hal not
ove linking ors Kult Or had Barbs{ake hi op by ingepily mouning oa? “Where ae
see ke ow woe are hin tn
3. Joye Sepen Daan wang for conson
These was sot to suddenly. The penitent came ou
He war next He stod up in frtor sa walked Blinly
into the bow
“A a1 hal come, He ele inthe sit gloom and
raed is ejes co the whit cra pended above
Ni Godse tha ew say He ws tl al
Sins, His conerion wd be lng lon Everly in Be
‘hapel would ou then what ser he ad Bon. et he
Ina, Ts ru Bul Gat hal promt oie hn fe
12a som. He was omy. He isp his hands and aed
‘hoon towards the wt oes, praying wit his dathened
yes prying with all hs embing body, swaying hit
hea oan fo like a ost crear, prying with whine
ering ips
‘Wht the taiczed portions of thee passages most obviously
shares ths they cannot be re estar narecon, Nera
‘Se language peas than a akin of san, fom behind
hich sounds the voice of geal mind, Each of iy se
fences bears the rsmp of characterisation al dies
torts: of Seprmir” manic obenions, K's pmocanee of
prosent and future ecamsance, Spas selerving t=
Tigiony. Tar more than im ordsnry nari passages, thee
Lunguage tems with que, excmatont, tepenons,
‘versttementy,collogualse In shor, ther te coment
hor the syle of these sentence at plas ated 0
their marars. Bot Boe ir content tte ste become
‘E's, fr mpg nar
tee ei Wo st whl age ae thu
caely plssble s€ we waderstind then as ransposed
‘Hovgh-quotatons which i hy the “ansaio er (
the willing reader can verify) wil "woek” neck cae
ut the point, of core, ca tbe langeages“tranlation”™
gies sn inthe text Nor ae tere ote indeons tht
Tomeon thing. We ae (ld not Stephen at hi
Tei Gd cansce thea sony. wil ela ny i" bt
inply “Gon couldn that he waa sorry. He wold lal i
Sine” Sepen's personal appre with de Devin weated
he were formalin tr sid, Boe te wor a the
ogee mt identedt words ronmig rough Bs mind?
leaving the rclaonship betwen words sed though -
ton, the Raratcl monologee eae 3 pectley penumbra
Tigh on the Bgl comsouses, opening on the
‘resold of verbal na manner hat eannotbescheved
by deca qutaton. Tis amb ngscrsorasly one
‘Saon by a0 any ers peer he le det toc
‘Anwiher ithe sales junction berwcen nated moMo-
logs ad tee arate content, Nove how, in the Joe
Page th tex ener nnd out of Stephen's mind Wh
strc withthougher, fice with elections, a Tepor of
Bowe and gare—*he kot nd aed Kn eyes"
Say to the pure imaginary “God coald wee God had
Fromsed’” hid in sim gies way fatal epore—"He
pe shan a aed thems" Diy employing hese
Sask ene for the arators reporting language nd the che
ters refccting language, «40 sorta distin Inge
‘nen a ade to mete.
The Kata text alrntes moe apd, bat no more Fez
cepiy, beewecn report an refer? "Ar that moment
Bienabs stopped: Whe wer they? K- cetbed Barada
fnmso firmly that he smot hat sel Or had he nr
Aapend. By contrast wen the very same question that
(fen th rated monnlogu= "Phe wae ey
preted are eni—"Where te we2"—ie cts of the unified
Erent by dies guottion Sach sudden shifts fo decae
quoted dscoure (aes or spoken) undetne the potenae
Atal reoosip berween arated monologle vebal
{Sematon, creting the impraion tht mints ogee
Tuminatoes have sly led fo concep espn
‘We get he sume perm athe end of Sepia arated
Imonologi, wen an unfinihed thoughesentence bres
ines quoted qesion. wat be geet whole To
The begining ofthe Wool pasage strats» dierent
junction Between narion and marae monalogae Ua
another stan pater, enence of eycho-naraion—
"The marge wus vr, He though. wih agony. Wh
tehef"—hapes the tansiton ftom the poveding report
‘hearted monologue even seit th tne (fgcay and
tel that ign im Spies: thoughts As weaved noe
tt inl tm oer a Cn
Erte later elnches the narator-pue cohesion eh the
We can now poe tena monolgue moc sharp
by examining i ngs caondap wit co ee
Scounen, second wi eran of tl ay ge
aly
“The demarcation betwen the arated monologue nd the
wo other technique fr rendering conaconses gneely
tary to daw. Teme snd pos sare nom quoed
‘onolbge, even when the ters edn the Jyeran mane
tc, without xpi quotation or introduction te bacco
‘ental verbs (andthe ssltng grammatical dependence)
shows how the sate hough plese woul appar nthe
ine cba Ls a
(hie thonghe) La ate
(ie thought) Iwas ate
(He thought) Iwill be late
‘naratedmonloge
Hie ba lace
He would be te
Prdo-eansion
Heng be wi ate
Hekew te hd Bec ite
Heknew be would be te
Atypical nratednonolg sentence stands grammatically
‘ermeo the wo oer forms, rharing rh goted monologoe
thecxpeeson in the papal cause, mith peyehoaraton
the tense sytem and the thi-pereon reference. When the
tought it quesbon, She wondorder uf det discourse
tmamiine! nthe narated monalogue, Ince ro
fenance eo qusted monologue amt is disincnon fom
Hotel monalege
(Qe though) Am Tit?
Wor be le
Pochonaraton
Hie wondered fhe was ae
Minute a these difiences may appear when schematied
inthe fasion, sey ef m ample esata ems te
ESC asonhip Sowecn the ose tren me
ian fincion, arin grim, tented montage
Nols mid-poion between quoted morclogue. Sod
sycho-naraion, sendeng the confer of 3 gual ind
Joe ebligenly tan the former, more del han he ater
Tnutaing te Lingunge cura sacs when bea oi
‘Sting stew bon hs speimpesng ro woe tate
Keyed nthe ose wo frm. And this cquvocaon in
ts cacy the cheat etre of he a
{ated monologue clans to the langue of comscowee
nes, suspending i between he iediacy of quotation nd
the maine of aration, Accordingly, ancton ocrnes
when tis bund she edie vivney ofthe ther tech
igus: when border on pyc ieee on =
tore monlogi quality al creer he impreson of ender=
ing though expedlyFrmulited the Egor ind when
it borden spoken or sent dacoure, takes on more
oil quay aod crenethe im presion hat te ae
5 formulating hi characters nara ecings
3c prem of delimiting the naratad monologue from
narration generally fa mor complex, since prey Ing
Ue enero longer provide relble guides. Cloaked
the grammar of radon, a sctencefederng 2 chaser
opinion cn ook every bi Hikes snence clang» tonal
fc In prey granmacal ems" waste” our sample
Sentenes) could be smart’ fact, tthe than» chaste’
‘hough Wisin 3 Broader content sight become posse
fence bee the ides tt he war le or if the acer
‘Sar embelded in a recogrinble though scence, Wools
The rope was the mounted be was ee (te pase
quoted above) cou, when tke oof coteay be ead sr
Surators dercrpon of baloont taking of fr» igh
Burin ts contexte insane Scpimus sting on the o>
ens Pak bench, mseterprsing his wis removal of ber
Welding ring—we understand thse satement a he thor
teas odes eer, even bere he following ene
tence more clety signal monolage lnguage. Obes
sn author who wants hie rider to eeogaice 2 arated
monologue for what ts wave to plan sin: hes fot
‘sets or lena or snowy fobined” A nated one
one in oer words, reves af vena conc
Batt sways withoe making demands on sec ie
ligence. The crite who suggested thet he al apt
Flaubereo Afaame Berry wel not hae tice pace the
proscar had resognied thatthe “more one
tainal were Emma's minted monologues eather than
Foubot suthori siemens may hve overstated bis case?
‘Dut thre vn doubt that this kindof confnton i esponble
for innumerable miaeainge-—cling some in pene—of
‘works ea employ the teh
Tsun, the arated moncioge at once 3 more complex
and more fexble technique for rendering conscousoess
than the nal ecigues, Hott dbus abun on
fuste tothe figural dy a foo of tarsor and
Fatal lngoagechacge ih ambigoy, give fea qakey of
ow-yourtet, noweyoacdn' hat exert 2 special sco
tion Bren dry scholar wax poetical when they describe te
few. Here tan tary Geman there dxcipon:
Tihs up with ods seal tht the poring al de
siting mcrator deliberately tones down by Leepg i ata
Stance fon hnselt And tenets dy eect a more read
Ip chan snare sonening ccsstonl monologues, where
‘ino peeps contrat ext betweon pote sepor and
{joc hoaghs ls string eft depends om the et thas
arly dacemible tothe nated eye the denice i esse
rs beense te appredendedslmmost unconscious"
Theil and Historia Pegetive
In both France and Germany-—where i goes respectively by
the names se int It and se Redeahe marzated,
mosologe has ben the subj f intensive dcssone ever
Sine it fist iene around the erm ofthe entry
‘Theft staden ofthe echngue were geamaarin and
{iss but sine Ineray scholarship in both these ert
Inuintamed 2 chive reltonsp wes. pistol! sades
_Rife phenomenon wae toon seus by ach eminent er
xy hols as Loo. Spite, Oskar Wale, and Albert
“Thibunlet nthe fier there wae marked revival of er=
Sit in the phenome io Germany, chime nthe context
Skimor thontnaldacsions, a eete Ree cme ites
il tobe sega a key concept or generic definitionsfin, typologies of she nov, the nature of mative an
figs, andthe developmen of moder narrative practic
{ee een rng of te Froch raul stooges
‘pled veh pay sles cea oy props bese
they have ben more preocuped wih mic. tran With
tiiro-suctres, and more wih han wth thie pron
forme of etn Sll,n sanded conspen Trench et
Stam say Tosorov, Gene, an oes have voy fe
ined to ther coral xgorss of made, ped and vote
ren they have not yt given the Cot ateation i de>
‘An entirely diferent situation ext in Anglo-American
ccklcom, where he ratited monologue hart eed
been vitally ignored and where f bears standard
‘ame This egies especialy serprisng when we cor
crib an Engle water wa the it extsepsttone
of the fm (ane Ae), nd tat kas tere pected
‘pode fr rndering conrdousoes inthe wocts James
rene, teeny foyer, Virginia Wool Thomas Wel ct
Al Bren such Seas theorists and tore of fon 2
David Daschs, an Wat, or Scots sn Kelog som ne
arate ofie exten, nd Wayne Dooth—congh seated
‘rh the German tc es Rde~-damir aan
‘wonted syle nery™ Not thatthe phenomenon hat pone
rely emotiedm nda ents tna numberof ye
{iy ote stuties one ads api desrbed, bu sways
nya an slonynry of the pears es ner
Consideration. Hete at thee examples fom James, Jove
Sd Wolk cision: For Gordon ©. Taylor the mrthed
rendering bebe hough te Chapter 4d of The Poa of
[aiy"atnough sil at nce eid-person, [3] dived of
‘mot stor teppings” ad te “Ghndpaion ions
spproximate convinngy, though thy a te eprodue
‘as, he inks in het ov ean of hog" Wika
Sthate, cing wie cll arated-monclogue passage
from Joyees Pon dscibe iar aconblnmon of the ure
hid person summary accont."# For David Dalces,
Woot useoftheeniguein its. Dalowsy avery spcal
omprombe between roped tought an det, elite
Caretpn of comciusrige," The simrey in the
foregoing quotation cbviwy snd shoul of tel set
tha Jams Joye, and Wools specimens Belong to te
fine spees pap bec he hr no ae or
etsowomining? A common bel tras wierred sai
icromence Would 9 ae clay eral eo: the
eur vai of anda inesary ters reel to ee
Treen yeas, Brith and American tings, using
monty the wand French em "ie nde ye” have
frven mowing sexton to ths Hear techie, it
bine even rgaing asthe mont erie mecing ground be
{era ngut and leary chlor A number teh
theless now exist in Engle ss well by Tray tes
faker wh te German 2 Pech background Bu he
Concern miter by wih Fis namer—has Yet ete
the cneryday ngage of etic in Englsk
My own erm “nara sonal aan English gure
lea fore ate lie andre Rede als for sme st
{aon snd quaaton, The Pench and Geran er ave
eral dsigaed wot only the rendering o aoe tough
rtaraed for, but a te salogos eneting of aken
‘couse, which dwplays denial gust eur. have
Uletbertly chosen ata that exnds ths analogous ex
ployment techalgue,becasre ns rary hah
tach ngusic—pespeseve he sro of te
thoonins preset problems tht are quite separate, ad fa
tore ne and itereseng than hose prevented by 1
Inove vou rin, "Nasco dsouree”inveles eke the
abigisy snoring te stu potential saa angina
thar charvsces the mrad monologue, hoe he dielestne that spa phenomenon deve» cpr nn
bane tar ese he ote gus frees oe
scene mar ytd ly
‘sive ean the purposes ofthe prs ely at any
tt, te overarching concer wih te peenaon of ural
‘inde prompt th ore ee sn
Bee te tar "arated monologue preety resin
tiveln yet anther moe morn sense he notte eld
athe French and German esmand of thet English cgi
Sneha nen egw fr byond che bounds of
ger choc and dour) tine he eae el of
figural maratonTodorow has sete is ange of eanings
2: follows: "This erm hasbeen edt espe a ly of
Phenomena which ave common tas, but which none
Fescannor beentompasel by gle defen Alles of
lade range ecw ion ton se
‘pore dcoune rhe the eytactic orm of ies ce
‘ours, br chat mains cen characterat of pragmatic
‘perch on the thers, weno of enty tharos
chocvo bth ial aa he el
fuistecrtera "In wrbrout ming, then scheeond
Tmt Todorov action stove, tye nde i econ an
lente tr or amie mod ofan im re che
‘erm ogy peponed by Pollen bei foul det
alto gual sarave sation). Iie ths Woad denote
Seely mero Si"
‘omclogu™ prc exhats = By splyag the come
Spondenee to 1 (potential) quoted motalogu, the ote
{pcs sae pate mesic ne Aad en
though the lin of demarcation between gua thought ad
is immediate contest say not aways be cary t0 Cra in
Pace, che tem “naraed monologbe” sugges» med
foe dscning ts locaton oor explaning i facet
“The emiologial parton of ti tcc fr rene
has become asodated sem to me important for atleast
three fret sentons. 1 Naertd monologtescan—as we
Shall seal ocssonaly be very onal en atho-
al aacarive cotene, a thoogh ieee vanes wih 36
Soundings, bash state rea the same 2. Com
‘ove figural martin en be ed for quit deren por
ose than cam the reson of consusnes: even Henry
‘ees ad kata often ase he prorat ezely 1 eflee
(but not ofc on she extemal ever they sens Ove
ices then come ita play such "arated perception
nd eelted ech," 3, Pally, she narrated monologv
by mo means the only method sel for rendering, con
onsonine typeof payehonaration and the unsiaed
{quoted monologue cen supple, and romans 0p
Finn the mseted monologae om
ies only when we have dea ths dssncton Berwexn
ranated monologue and gu nartion that we cam dee
“ites very spect betwee hem Hess one no
Shi of pan to whe, but of misual SEs aod enhance
tent fgua aration offerte nareatadmonologic ts op.
{ial babi, ad the narated monologue caps he climax of
[gual parotin, The fas roe beste the nated mono
[Dpoci contrast tothe quoted mondogoe—sappresss all
thats of quotation hast of fom the nation, and Cs
‘eitefisccment can be achiwed move perety mais
‘wha the marae pretenation adhere most consistent 9
1 igucal espe shaping che entieoal wold 3520
fntcroped sulor aver he naraed monologee el,
However. tren aver, but what we might cll prude avec
hee te oinance of perspective compounded by com
‘nar of ones, wth the angaage ofthe ext momen
‘evonsting wit he language of de igen. In this ese
(ne cenepard the narsed monologut as the qintasence of
Fgura ateton, not of taraton ie atthe moment
tse the thouphcthead of character # mow igh Woven
Inthe sexta of hirdperon narrationCts have called on vary of metaphors to describe
this narttorsigueeoinddence: opi seme, geomet
‘ex rot nd ofr, maton te wh nage
te 0 long eer the very speci eorin-one Coc
Crested by this technique, without overening other
‘kasm ors moni. To speak only of rd! pence (pee
dpecive, oie, ec) sens one mieding forthe tof
{he narted monologue &precelyto fede the pest
Pole depce the hu betwcen the narra he gure
rst inal ced-penon aaton Bo peak simpy of
ic fr one then rks lung sight 2 the dforence Be.
teen thd. aod Srsepetonnaraton and lore lng the
Progonis of gual sovels (Sept, Sethe) become
the. tnaraon™ of thir own sore te arte
Imonologcs, a in gral mation genera the conned
Seely’ igri rm dn te?
{Ci bilenfcaterbot mor hey the chaser
‘mena ht supremely enhanced by cs techrigee™
uke narated monologie is defintsnd understood in the
‘manner outline nthe pesedng page, ten the mala sages
atshisonl developmen aka become} clear ke oceoonal
tccstece in eightenth-enery "Hite (0 Tm Jone
‘Apaton),depte thie ovcrl suthoalstonme est pe
spondence with the ix of oben over oboe nasa
twencth-cctrypayeologsl noel, prompecd bythe ae
Precedencd importance given tothe language of corso
‘on but wih tbe nated monologue now sompetig wi
the vv eechniqa ofthe nigel “Joyce” monalogue
Ts evoltion ths dis connaby fom that ofthe que
monologue and of pyehowaratn since. the nated
‘volo blrs he line between aureon and quotation so
Agree the ol fbioned author ere, tke a
pearance rho fte inthe sory of narrative genes.
Brow abo domly ted tos specie moment ofthe novels
Etvelopmene te mount when third-person ion coer:
the domain previously reserved for Grt-peson (pstoary or
‘Snshmal ition ad Boyne vo foc onthe metal ad
“Snot ie ofr characters
Teisot tal renga, tat Jane Austen should have
teen one ofthe fine weirs we the marized mooologee
equcly and extensively: fort er work lan Wat
opprts tthe eployue to The Ri of he Novel—that dhe
‘fttepene decd of Richardson and Felling were frst.
‘rough together, launching the nove om 3 way toward
the fu Reged “tection” Hey Janes In het
arated monologses Assen sein rectal teat he Spit
Urepstlary ftom into the mold of birdspemon martin
The happens at omens of ner cess in several of ee
novel at the following example om Enns
How could sae hve beens deceived! He pote that
Heed never thought rerouly of Hacrie—never!
Tin pate! Hor cages fad been abou the pice!
[And ihe chande! And shunted oter arcumstances
iow ley they had scemed to pot at Hani! To be
fore; the carad, wie ke ready witb the, he
soi eyed'in ft sued meter war» gomble
stout ste oF trath. Who coal have seen through
Teh hick-headed nonsense!
Ando fon, for few more paagaps, withthe sly of
ner debse—no mater how thread SelEonscous—
ualysansposed into eariive language, witowtexplc
{hotasion ar shoal expsaton. Most Victorian novel
Say Elor and. Meredith, continacd to ae narated
‘rovologu inthis Gta, withue altogether banishing the
od sone fom thet noes a3 whole
“The decsive tuning point for the narrated monologue
cane, of couse, wih Pubes Perepive siden of i
‘ye igres thar hi oytemateempoymene of theaie i mon infer cievement Prowse,
2 famous ema, tha tis device “comply change the f=
Feseance ofthis sad beng, ike new'y pled mp. of&
FRove ino new howe = Faure hima, when be ome
ren on ie “operons” narative. method, employe
[rae that come clove to pinpoinsing the marated mono
Iogue wel crpecally inte fring paesage fou 4 ter
te Georges Sand "I express nye Eady hen ld you
{Sar one should noe write with was heart Tea toy
fone shoo not put ones peony om stage I lve tha
feat Ares chai and penton One shot by ane
Foyt ofthe spe, sapat one to the sac, Sa
thee to ane ha, a eae the method” [ay emp
0] Tranlcing this Kinet image ino lngustc tres
Srould yield an exact description of the turated thon
Tages would the theological image Faber wal
seer, when e tered oi "fle panes
"Aer Fauhere ‘Thue emake ae int be
caters "into the common cate af noreiic tye, abounds
{= Daader, Zo, Maupasan, everyone "" Whenever Nate
rast novels focus an individ Ive and on istaneansous
‘xpeientr—say i Maupaneme’s Une Vie, of Zo’ Le Dee
Ini Paal,orthe Geren orn of Acne pages
teem wih narrated monologues, hay ever lping it
realy quoted ones Ye in ew ofthe Natura ple
on fr man sane, wide temporal ists, mans bcharioe
nd dilogus they ceed sasiey few enendedoxcsons
othe employment af naried movalagues. Such oc
hd ava che "iardeamang” of he mow tho wer
sho bebewed with Henry James that “what man thks ad
Whur els ate the hry and the character of wher he
= In Jamey awn there romouncerenty Which
So persbtenly revolve around the sx of the nattr-po-
fagoniat eins, we find tages that cone even closer
than Flaubert desing the natal monologue, Given
Jane’ genel reticence i eotie mates both sing
‘nd sgrfcint to find hom ring i hi sone shat
grotbly the mos det also fhe seal tin i ae
inee “Abe ftston iy says, ik he
SSaty of eve elo ge io te cin of ee
tore act of pra pone of one ing ys
wr comes Tos Sposa caer by br sar
eis complies proce what joes sau ores
here une tarred menos
"Fhe yarn by ne Aston rans ughou he
sinnainh eomy? prcecy tho uo ho et
ingor ort, mee dey undone! prion oat
ton (Pacer, 2a, June), tinny ten the noms oF
the drama nove ejesive nara, nd anoeraena
Toms mere fe sar nb recone se ajecsery of
Fete perience it the sve th ne nox rf
Tost scene baby improper meal
Soe imo te neundoecive For of an
‘Shor and spoken word
Sis te imprest and Exe wren Ger.
snanys an the ueameatconsioomss weiss Eland
Seguro shape oe dw pued nove mite by ther
‘pce ten poss mote emer,
they fund im hearted monologbe 3 tendy-made tee
etal radon oe news Unie he
(faved monoket ete! mo Joye evant make
POSE lentes fr merge ma of
Stnerlue Henge ae an fy gett ed
Sectnncemntstotwentihsentur ion Fa Gom bog
‘Nhu ofmodesy th narad nolgue i deve Oat
Evel of ur coy who te me coterie
teatro form CFeomat Woh, Mauize © Lane)
Reed sok peice novels Virpais Wool,
Bush Sarre or Robbe Th iene ony
{Regma lati of cna nonologueo
See cae Ns Daloway, The Desh of Voi Toe
Ft The Vrs ena et spear ae a
Jat of he mart wonclgae ie ashe ther 3
coonThis bret hiovcl synopsis ofthe ecigue muse now be
supplemented by closer sod of te varios fanny inde
bony ed Sypathy
‘Thenarrted monologue, unlike the quoted monologue, dos
sot ead shape uc ito an fncdepenent Eto text, for
By referring the caracter whose thought seus the
{hid penon inca he arate voi ns angage, ahd
the monologc eer eats vanthe the moment fetona
{acts reappet: Aa we have sen in he Prat pssge quoted
oie, when We tea the sentence sequence "But God Bad
"Shaped he bane and eed hem wooed te white f
" the moment Sephen's mana gestre apes, the
‘nonologie impression diapeled, The arated mooologee
‘ees este an evanescent for, dpendent onthe ae
Mary novel sha ne the mrrated monalogee the pre
opninant edge for enderog tei curt conor
uss start om + aetral apd objective narrative stance
‘picily the descption of specie te or ation end
‘nly gradual often by way of minimal exposition, naow
thet cus othe furl mind. The ise sentence of Ede
ot senna reads 2 allows: "On the 1th of Sepeember
840, abou sx o'ock i the momang, the Vile de Mon=
tereau war ready to sil fom the gut Sain ear, nd
ovds of smoke were pouring fom as fnne" From the
beri informasonal ase, Faber ex he mpeceply
‘ith which Fredenc rate io Madaine Arnoux "appar
on “What washer mame, her ome, he t,he pas?
iesuppose bert bof Andalosian igi, pechaps rok.
Hadshe brought the noes bac with er om he Wee >
‘has From here onthe sarsor wil ge in and out
Frederic’ mind at wll, adopting hs prosigon’ ont ane
age ot crcl moat, be slvaye Hee eo eur Co is
Ehjeeie mrrauve bose to describe mine the progor
ets aos an is suounding, or etch wit broader
Sooke chinges of srcamstance occuring” over longer
eds
‘But no mater how “impersonal” the ene ofthe ext that
surrounds then, tucited monologue themselves tend to
ommithemataor ta atid of sympa oon Pre
‘Selybeese ty cat the language ofa sebjecive indi
the grammar of objective natraton, they amplify emotional
rows, bot so theow st rnc eet al senor tock by
‘Miguel mind. A nator an i tum expbie both por
She, even wth the ame character, an uber expos
them bork wie Feder, akerately Seige pxthos of
his love for Madame Astovc andthe Blunde's of his socal
thu profesional choices Sympathy predominates a this
Sige thet senders Frere’ thooghts after the Aroux bark
And afterward? What would become ofa? Would she
ber achoalmistes, companion, or even aad mad?
She ind boon abandoned to al the pre of poe. Hs
ignorance of her fate tormented en. He should have
[prevented nes Bight, orl allowed he. Was enor her
Fea band
‘an ry predominates in thi pasage where he decides onHe wondered, seri fhe was tobe a grest pier,
(ca great pot and he Sede in favour of pining, for
the demands of th pron would bringin lsc to
Madi Aroux, So bela found hs von! The ain
In he ist quotation she mater crests de impesio that
tei sroly ening with Frederi’s anguish in the
‘cond he mocking tm oes wth hi isthe
on
TnL ato sntimeae tes tcmating tits of
pathy and pore are applied by te narrator to 2 ingle pro
{Ggorie Buc the narated monologue so enable sacar
to weave m and ow of several characters’ mid, Viegn
Worl isthe maser-werver of sack malttfigatal nove,
Me, Rameay, arated oncloges pee fora hts hi ad
back spun, offen withou intrvening mative sentences
[Bat in rans the tone cn change eid een doc shen he
Flimax is ruched with the narioa.of Mis, Ramstys
alge of lrkness™ meditation,» paroditic dias wit the
araton of Me. Ramsay’ "He sescbed Q” rumination *
“he fer ersinine mind andthe aif rsscbne mind te
{Snes guage beightened by the anapoion, he le
terse aaa
“The ionic pole ofthis tonal ange is moet ces ev
enor when natted monologues show up ins pronouncedly
Sothorel mibeu, framed by expe commentary Here
ow the Stendhal narioe presents Faboar's atone fo the
fiching of his howe by his own comade a the Bate of
He could find wo consltion fr 0 great a inayat
[ebnng hi back apa 4 ilow, Began (0 sb hot
TEEN UC ibandoned ous by one al the beni
“Tins ofa chlons an sine cash, ike that
Ofte oct ofthe Genualnie Lbats, To see death
Shae wone wasmothing, strounded by heroic and te
“Erheane by noble facie wo csp one bythe bad
Riek arround by 2 pack of wie scoundrel?
Eke any men Fabio exaggerate Aller» qtr
fan hour oh seling ood
‘ sh head-on here, with the triple exclamation
eae s though fewere enclose i tack quotation ak,
ag an efleer of mock-impersonation. The metaphor of
aoe ets aban i ached when ahorl
Han Cavorp exes hime ogg ove
aden cls
the amorous
os one
thy om the lowland, turns a i lanes
his ind wf sentimental dy might very well ifya
si plsse some young man who ha quite legsinately,
peveily, and optimist “given Bs eae a he
Frying gots, to some hay Lite goose down thet
{Be fadand. Ht for him ad eltontp with
ne Chaveatehe word "elonsip™ mt be
Charged is econ, we tease o take the esponsb
ty for ieehe indo diy was deedely appropri
[Note tha tbe narator even ashe dissociates himself fom bis
"arate, wh hee engenders the vocabulary ofthe narrative
teat He scully tachinghisteales sn nstan lesson i at
eran i sige may os By sa, bt
Such eplicly sonic arratrs play ear games wih the
rnarsted monologue than thane who prcend sympathy for
thei characters tthe srrownding tex, cresting what might
be alld mockeigual navaive stanions. In Sante BI
tater adops, from begining ed, the point of iow of
sen, he sret-potgonit. Inuthetety sande not
flesaly revealed at in the purely msetve sections of th
‘ron, bur at those moments wht Luis own langue
hye in the gue of saraon. The fllowing marated
Tongue toward the end ofthe soy tel ow he cower
{BanteSemitim a ong-ventchat-ar deny and wy
e ably ba to find words to express this extaor-
mary cncovery. Quit, eauounly he rae hand
tei fochend te alighsed candle, den collected hi
sel for an instant, howl nd suze a tbe word
men themselves, he mare: HAVE RIGHTS”
igi! Sornetng inthe tue of tangle od ircs:i
sei pete tha it di exis, no ater how many
‘ousnis of sings yourtaced witha compas, you cold
over mae single cc. In the some way generations
Ufworkes could serpulouly obey the commands of
Tic they woul never exaust high to comma
Tighe wer beyond exastence, like athena beet
Ptcigiows dogens. And Lacen wis peecaly tba a8
Chonmoas bougues of esponsies ad Hights
This anguage ces sown dancing es From within
Ceaggertions, pompewly bares sonagey, the fle
Se bercecn maths, gious, and socal bse
‘Mes al ad up the 2vaustng poe of an aes
The fit halo the“Nawsict” secion of Uses wis ma
utd monologues ma imo context, nee ino mock
ete by Gary’ own mene som that it ie
dw ede between naraton and aarated mom
Inguecven more dificult than inthe Ulus setons that
(ote Bloom's or Stephen's thos del since nobelp
Sacred by changing pson or tose. ata narator d=
aly presen aed er hs burs of sete ih that
mols the cotamon dewotinaorbetwech ha mattion 20d
Gey thongShey oesoward the datat sex... And while she
sd her hear went ptapat Yer, twa her he at oak
fog at aid there was meaning in hs look. His eyes
tne no her eho hey wold sete her through
sud trough, read her very aoa. Wondesl eye they
Were, supely expect but could you et them?
Pope were so qucers™
From "Ver" on, the sentences end terse to tasltion
fnto quoted monolgae. Bit the precsing sentences
papa and lle poly narative sven a they rPeak oF
Gory a she would spe of heel
The sical Sore of both Joyce's and Sate'snaraive
seyen thas exe reborn patton the sock ee tse by
monologse zeros figural nataton. The empath pole of
‘his technique’ toa eae cn be ueved inal ene cle
nated novel of thi ype James” Ambar, Joye Pa
sete Pl Ste a ov
AUscored or Beighed they may beware pesnted to the
reader's understanding "frora within,”
‘of narrate monologus
‘Gar ofthe most poigant instances ea requcnaly quoted
‘kr Jost K's eons sams Before ne eshte by
trough + pefision
the guury. Wath a fsker sv ofa ight gomg op, the
tates of 3 window thee suddenly Bow pen 4
Human gure, int od inset a da dence
cht height ean sbruply fr foreatd and. steed
Hoth arme stl ater, Who wos 12 A tent? A pood
than? Someone who rympatiza? Someone “who
trated wo help? War ont peron ony? Or was tan
ind? Was lp at and? Were there ace
ficou tht one had oven? OF eure chee st
be Loge & docbise unstable, bat cot withe
Sind a'man wo wan to go vg, Where the
Jege sho he had ever se? Whete was the High
Ae which he ha never pense? He acd Bt
ands aspen otal agers
Tiss the momento it novel where Kale perhaps comes
lowest wo "ging 037" he extent pation of Te
Thad ota ett tha werk ha xine mpi
hom And tr not coment tht moment tke he
form ots nuttd monslgse: Bal ben quoted direst
SSgmied av Ks metal langage, fenced off fom thes
‘Sonding mein, couldnt have inpeated he near
{aod the render Ks angus fo neu the same dee,
The cumlaive nerogsions—t sna pater pie oF
Eas nated monclogucr—bing to a clin xem
eh unknowns det hve bon gathering throuphow Ge
ese. Pompey se vaio he oe ur ite
‘infowporapes progam ofthe sli cresendo of
Titel gusts lids or he specie nd concrete "Wh
sei! f he peel aba a lp a hd?
her was the ges? the High Cour?" The pee
nal ns ents an) free ender te “everyman
Stas Kr agus hve, An ee gone prejee trae he
Sern Megs doubles unto a rae cee
fence in Ka’ thind-panon works—fithersoggests dat
IN porate moment of the novel bulls « deerate
Sto well otocmnsg) cman, By comtst, the distquotation of K's dying worde—" ‘Like a dog he sid?
{rape cis the emipatic commision
‘Herm Boch’ Death of Virg-a novel be ise alld
a sretched-ou yc poems what happens when ht
formal experiment cnrlyn Keeping wih the daring b=
Jessa etal ats one mental cri dung the ot cghter
hoves of fe" Adhering closely o Viet feverish mid
ticten' ore than five hundred pages mney ender
ontinanes ow of hi ype meveunti comes 0
fai with words that signal ma gts postage nto death
twat the word beyond speech.” The work's ume strate
‘hs apprecher that of sutonomots tonologyes ike "Pe
elope’ im which « chorstr’s mental ngige snl
forward movement of tional Se
End text, without lain or omen
rocks own derepion of his ovork indicts his precise
awatenes of ve teshaigue be wed to reer ts connaoa
‘howal exjerance "Eventhough fe preentd inthe id
Fson itm the incr manag of port" Yer, cho
kip this descipon i vomething ofan oventatenet even
his work, takes whol, eanno® be regarded an unite”
rupee parted ronalogses Fo on dig, Dis eit
‘nmin! poate tary aie denen Agus eet 2
Protching dhe harbor of Brandis, introduces the pro
‘hgonat sith solemn format: "on the sp he edie
Sly followed the pos ofthe Aenai ane deatis signe
jgroved upon bis brow." Ht even afer the mara
oF arated monologues begins inthe following paragraph
the naative voice occasionally eappsts treo inter
End extol change, ner visions 2nd otter sight, ade
fily Virgl's own physical grr the nel ovetie-
[scrote he impresion of sects hoenogeniy, of
‘ie monologe fm begining tc iis cae the
tive vows tuned to exactly the same pte ae the gua
Moser rasan tems the acting metaphor pled
that coincides with his ne “ea” lf Jbecomes the coice
‘meta fo the metal potatoe verbal arts ya vrbal
Trost both joined inf Tanguage How of sustained poetic
ros
Because the mahod works combi, by huge “see
sentences” and ity woven image eatin co
[ites quotaon can aly fae roggse heeft Hera
Trina ils om the penn Seton: Vig i ob
SEevng the glatony ofthe course o8 board hi)
verythere there Was someone puting omen to
hip mou everywhere smouering avarice and Ist
fonts busty fo devour, alldevouring, cee es
‘Shred over he deck, cried slong on the bet of he
‘ur mseapblecnavonable the whole hip was lp
Sin save aged Ot they Sorel tbe shown ap
Ee frre or A sng fae ld dee
woo Beware tha ph? Noting wats he
et can igh eg heel nly fe ex the
re ce he prays ait Only flood ns
wn, nt imdb! col ome tha Be
"Noi ml fe og eter inf? [2
emphasis
The punage contin two pil devices fr meting the ma
Fata te gurl voce, Far, by rendering wht Vig
‘Sess Vtg ow emonve tye] dom, sens description
ithe fp enemas) fows oniteerpecy co the arate
Sciam tnt flow But whee conjameion of porescription and monologue noe ef unasaln novels that
siope the slo ve, sae 99 eBetve and convincing
We pecteng mind belongs to crete poet, who
Shad Sate (eofesional) teense the eat he per
‘Sle nto pote guage he tery moment whet Be
The sean device mone spec o Boch, and he se i
perc when, Vingtformalses generations in is
Tint terse of the narrated monologue sift fom pat
aes" Nshing aval he oc, hee ight no wren
[ceva oly ac entl tie worl, never pocays a
oe Only Elecood wine ow, aoe opderstanding.” Note
thar hve statements sound demcal oa atatr ses hes
isin promic presen ceme But since they contin
SEye contaued fy) the statements of the cared
(Getecacgoenees they st be sterpeted as quotations of
Viet monoloclangwage, Clee) Beoch bas cated hs
Spuvocation of vocal orig systematic. in onder tose
See tn carte iexercbly inthe language of pio
aE commentary 2” Ths gnome lagunge Ir reaches
ie deny ad intensity i long passages of versed
fv hae gow ow of aad ge buck ao Virgina
Tn Bets Dew af Ving th, the narated monologue
Fhevei-cotiousemploynens ofthe ecnqeein fs ment
pubic fm, indvemg 4 rail fasion of maating sad
Fgura wees, lade thie-peron maeation co the Somers
ated toadar a one o ye poetry ad plsophie d=
The nacat monologve 2 csce medium for revealing
‘ebal mind stoped inn ntane preset, beeen a
FRembeted pas ant anal fate All ce ofthese
{Une sone converge in Lily Becoe’s ndthe mensng ater
Suddenly she eemembrd, When she had sa there It
to ad nati apt
{Ry Shon. Tere had bess poblem about foregsound
pert Move the ee tothe mde, se ha sa.
‘She iad never nse hae eee Se would pan hat
are nw It had been Knocking abou inher nin al
Bes whee were fer pans she wondered? Hee
fue, ye. She al ee ther the ball ast git, She
‘Rout starea ome, Shegotup icy, before ME. Ram™=
Sy tamed, [ay emphasis
So dhe tenses andthe adverb nis passage underine te
agg tanment ot remembrance ste "now har reves
iheradcolwaomont of vere” aerate Yo"
Wee Gereneds se night” hse beoughe herman hee
weo the sie of rmoreredexpenenct. Bu the -
ra neuty sao open the ise, nd sit moves the
BERD decasou "She would pane eat pire no
Shewoull sae once" atipates dha other moment
Sfictclatinn when se wll ra the mile of her ans
‘eline wit which tbe novel end Li's ind ths momen
nly spams te entie dade of arated tie contained in To
BED Ei “The tenses she employ to each backward ad
forward n sandard ees for memory an scipaion
arated teonsloges the plopesfct a the conétonat
‘Chic correspond to she snp past and fue lites quo
re adveri inhi passge pot up aoebe dtintv fee
urethral movologue fr! tx adoption ofthe em
uSTlsenaton of he figural orwcouspes, fr whom he
[Ey of the ena aton ty, andthe previous and l=
‘aye ae yenay ad tomo Ax Kate Hamburger
ttre sco pou oy whan ise” ahve 5
TUS Pheva stexe he pte tome loss etospeetve
‘Ehtlon, an becomes the ene tat creates inal ey
tote ob eyes Te consent adjustment of erspora ade