| 1. | Literature. a form of stream-of-consciousness writing that represents the inner thoughts of a character. |
| 2. | Movies, Television. the device of showing a character on screen who does not appear to speak, although the character's voice is heard on the soundtrack to create the illusion that the audience is hearing the character's thoughts. |
| interior monologue n. A passage of writing presenting a character's inner thoughts and emotions in a direct, sometimes disjointed or fragmentary manner. |
interior monologue
in dramatic and nondramatic fiction, narrative technique that exhibits the thoughts passing through the minds of the protagonists. These ideas may be either loosely related impressions approaching free association or more rationally structured sequences of thought and emotion.
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