In narrative activities,such as epics and novels,the narrator assumes two distinguishable ideographic forms:"speaking in his own identity"and"speaking in the name of others".The former,identified as a"simple narrative"by Plato,represents the narrator's direct expression of thoughts.In contrast,the latter,referred to as an"imitation narrative"by Plato,involves the narrator assuming the voice and perspective of different characters.Similarly,the dialogues of characters in general narrative works can be categorized into two similar ideographic forms.Some characters convey words that are in line with their genuine thoughts and intentions,while others project additional discursive intentions onto their speech.The former type of dialogue aligns closely with the character's identity and the situational context,representing ideal character speech.On the other hand,the latter type of dialogue introduces a certain level of distance from the character's identity and deviates from the context of the speech,constituting non-ideal character speech.Non-ideal character speech serves as the primary method through which dramatic narrative activities achieve the ideographic purpose of"narration".
speech actionnon-ideal character speechfree indirect narration