Abstract
In their pre-narratological summa of western narrative techniques, The Nature of Narrative , Robert Scholes and Robert Kellogg affirm that the merit of inventing the interior monologue belongs to Apollonius Rhodius, who is, in their opinion, a narrative artist far from having the reputation he deserves. In Scholes and Kellogg's definition, interior monologue is more a topos than a narrative device, and they single out six features transmitted by Apollonius to the western tradition. It always depicts: (1) a woman; (2) who is in love; (3) who passes through a crisis; (4) who is divided between moral justice and erotic desire; (5) who has no one she can confide in; (6) who commits suicide. The two Homeric poems quite frequently use monologues to describe the inner life of the characters. With clear focus on emotionality, the two Homeric examples-Achilles' and Penelope's monologues-are the basic starting point for Apollonius' invention. Keywords: Achille; Apollonius Rhodius; Homer; interior monologue; Penelope; Robert Kellogg; Robert Scholes
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