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Dialogue, in literature, is a verbal exchange between two or more characters (but can also involve strategic use of silence). [1] If there is only one character talking aloud, it is a monologue. The word 'dialogue' is a borrowing from the Latin dialogus meaning "discussion, dispute, literary composition in the form of a conversation". [2]
Dialogue. A conversation amongst participants in a 1972 cross-cultural youth convention. Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) [1] is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange.
A narrative technique (also, in fiction, a fictional device) is any of several specific methods the creator of a narrative uses [1] —in other words, a strategy applied in the delivering of a narrative to relay information to the audience and to make the narrative more complete, complex, or engaging. Some scholars also call such a technique a ...
Platonism. Gorgias (/ ˈɡɔːrɡiəs /; [1] Greek: Γοργίας [ɡorɡíaːs]) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC. The dialogue depicts a conversation between Socrates and a small group at a dinner gathering. Socrates debates with self-proclaimed rhetoricians seeking the true definition of rhetoric, attempting to pinpoint ...
Socratic dialogue (Ancient Greek: Σωκρατικὸς λόγος) is a genre of literary prose developed in Greece at the turn of the fourth century BC. The earliest ones are preserved in the works of Plato and Xenophon and all involve Socrates as the protagonist. These dialogues, and subsequent ones in the genre, present a discussion of ...
Wilde presents the essay as a Socratic dialogue between two characters, Vivian and Cyril, who are named after his own sons. [1] Their conversation, while playful and whimsical, promotes Wilde's view of Aestheticism over Realism. [2] [3] Vivian tells Cyril of an article he has been writing called "The Decay of Lying: A Protest". According to ...
t. e. A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading. The creator of a play is known as a playwright. Plays are staged at various levels, ranging from London's West End and New York City's Broadway – the highest echelons of commercial theatre ...
t. e. The Phaedrus (/ ˈfiːdrəs /; Greek: Φαῖδρος, translit. Phaidros), written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about the same time as Plato's Republic and Symposium. [1] Although ostensibly about the topic of love, the ...