Anglistics Study Programme Drama Film Literature 1 Week

Anglistics Study Programme Drama, Film, Literature 1 Week 10 Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme Monologue • Monologue comes from the Greek words monos (alone) and logos (speech) • A literary device that is the speech or verbal presentation given by a single character in order to express their collection of thoughts and ideas aloud. • There are two types of monologue: • interior monologue • dramatic monologue • Soliloquy – the speaker speaks his thoughts to himself without involving any other characters

Anglistics Study Programme Dialogue • A dialogue is a literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with one another. • Dialogue is a useful tool for exposition (conveying the key details and background information of a story) as well as characterization. It also moves the plot along. • Examples of dialogue in The General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales

Anglistics Study Programme Description • Description is a pattern of narrative used to explain features of something. Descriptive discourse enables the audience to develop a mental picture of what is being discussed. • It is a category of a discourse, which was defined by Foucault as: “Systems of thoughts composed of ideas, attitudes, and courses of action, beliefs and practices that systematically construct the subjects and the words of which they speak. ” • Examples of description in The General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales

Anglistics Study Programme Portrait • A description of (physical) appearance of a character • examples in The Canterbury Tales