Mind reading
Subtitle: unframed interior monologue in European fiction
By: Vladimir Tumanov.
Series: Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ;; 19
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Atlanta, GA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Stream of consciousness fiction -- History and criticism; Interior monologue; Discourse analysis, Narrative; Literature, Comparative
Description: This is a study of fictional interior monologue in comparison with findings from cognitive psychology. The literary technique — as exemplified by a number of works from 19-20th century European fiction — is related to research in the area of inner speech by L.S. Vygotsky, A. N. Sokolov, A. R. Luria, L. Kohlberg and other psychologists.  The theoretical basis of this book is functional grammar (theme/rheme) and narratology.
Table of contents: title: Contents: INTRODUCTION. 1. Interior Monologue: Direct and Indirect. 2. UDIM and the Question of Mimesis. 3. Addresser vs. Addressee: The Communicative Implications of the Self-Communication Premise. CHAPTER ONE. INNER SPEECH. 1.1. Inner Speech: Fact or Fiction? 1.2. Electromyographic and Other Experimental Data: Indirect Evidence. 1.3. Message Reduction in Inner Speech: Theme vs. Rheme. 1.4. Rheme Dominance. 1.5. The "Realism" of UDIM. CHAPTER TWO. VSEVOLOD GARSHIN: "FOUR DAYS". 2.1. Background. 2.2. Now or Then? 2.3. Scene vs. Summary. 2.4. Framing. 2.5. Interior Dialogue. 2.6. Discourse Planning. 2.7. Explanatory Comments. 2.8. Time Span. CHAPTER THREE. EDOUARD DUJARDIN: LES LAURIERS SONT COUP…S. 3.1. Background. 3.2. Sensorimotor Discourse vs. Internal Reflection. 3.3. Private Communication. 3.4. Discourse Abbreviation. 3.5. Unpolished Discourse. 3.6. Repetition. 3.7. Nominal Phrases. 3.8. Perception vs. Introspection. 3.9. Dialogue and the Dialogue-Framing Message. 3.10. Verba Dicendi and Dialogue. 3.11. Abbreviation vs. Expansion. CHAPTER FOUR. ARTHUR SCHNITZLER: LEUTNANT GUSTL. 4.1. Background. 4.2. Elements of Spontaneous Oral Discourse: Syntactic Dimension. 4.3. Discourse Abbreviation: Morphological Dimension. 4.4. Self-Guiding Interior Dialogue as a Plot Development Mechanism. 4.5. The Verbal Nature of Interior Dialogue: Thought as Discourse. 4.6. Interior Dialogue and the Mnemonic Process. 4.7. Plot Structure and Thought Association. 4.8. Sensorimotor Discourse. CHAPTER FIVE. VAL…RY LARBAUD: AMANTS, HEUREUX AMANTS... 5.1. Background. 5.2. Context vs. Syntax and Discourse Abbreviation: Echoes of Dujardin. 5.3. Verba Dicendi. 5.4. Inflections. 5.5. Missing Links and Cultural Echoes. 5.6. Unnaming. 5.7. Pronominal Privacy. 5.8. PassÈ ComposÈ vs. PassÈ Simple. CONCLUSION. BIBLIOGRAPHY.