Free Indirect Speech - CRAFT
www.craftliterary.com › 11 › 27Nov 27, 2018 · Free indirect speech combines the benefits of first-person with those of third-person narration. Done well, free indirect speech also fosters intimacy between reader, narrator, and character. When, in Mrs Dalloway, we’re told about “ that scene in the garden,” the emphatic demonstrative implies familiarity with the scene.
Free indirect speech - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_indirect_speechFree indirect speech is a style of third-person narration which uses some of the characteristics of third-person along with the essence of first-person direct speech; it is also referred to as free indirect discourse, free indirect style, or, in French, discours indirect libre. Free indirect speech has been described as a "technique of presenting a character's voice partly mediated by the voice of the author" (or, reversing the emphasis, "that the character speaks thro…