Dictionary Definition
soliloquy
Noun
1 speech you make to yourself [syn: monologue]
2 a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to
give the illusion of unspoken reflections
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
1595-1605; < sōliloquium in the title of St. Augustine's Liber Soliloquiorum < sōlus "only, sole" + loquor "I speak"Pronunciation
- , /səˈlɪləkwi/
Noun
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
act of a character speaking to himself
- German: Selbstgespräch
- Icelandic: eintal, einræða
- Japanese: 独り言
- Spanish: soliloquio
speech or written discourse in this form
- German: Selbstgespräch
- Icelandic: eintal, einræða, einræða persónu
- Japanese: 独白
- Spanish: soliloquio
See also
Extensive Definition
A monologue is an extended, uninterrupted
speech by a single
person. The person may be speaking his or her thoughts aloud or
directly addressing other persons, e.g. an audience, a character,
or a reader.
As a literary device, it is most common in
dramatic genres (plays, opera, animated cartoons, film) but can
also be found in prose fiction. The term can also be applied to
poems, which usually take the form of the thoughts or speech of a
single individual. In everyday usage, a long, rather boring speech
by a conversation partner is sometimes called a monologue as
well.
The term 'dramatic monologue' is used both for
monologues in plays and for a poetic genre.
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Jane Edwardes, The Faber Book of Monologues, Faber and Faber, 2005, ISBN 0571217648
External links
soliloquy in Arabic: مونولوج
soliloquy in Bosnian: Monolog
soliloquy in Bulgarian: Монолог
soliloquy in Czech: Monolog
soliloquy in Welsh: Ymson
soliloquy in German: Monolog
soliloquy in Spanish: Monólogo
soliloquy in Persian: تکگویی
soliloquy in French: Monologue
soliloquy in Galician: Soliloquio
soliloquy in Indonesian: Monolog
soliloquy in Italian: Monologo
soliloquy in Hebrew: מונולוג
soliloquy in Georgian: მონოლოგი
soliloquy in Kazakh: Монолог
soliloquy in Luxembourgish: Monolog
soliloquy in Dutch: Monoloog
soliloquy in Japanese: モノローグ
soliloquy in Norwegian: Monolog
soliloquy in Polish: Monolog
soliloquy in Portuguese: Monólogo
soliloquy in Russian: Монолог
soliloquy in Slovak: Monológ
soliloquy in Slovenian: Samogovor
soliloquy in Finnish: Monologi
soliloquy in Swedish: Monolog
soliloquy in Ukrainian: Монолог
soliloquy in Chinese:
獨角戲