Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Paderborn, course: James Joyce, 22 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: At the turn of the twentieth century German and French Linguists first mentioned the free indirect discourse (FID) while analysing Flaubert's use of the French imperfect tense. FID allows the author to embed the voice of the character into the voice of the narrator's voice. This is a brief introduction to the formal details of this style, embeded in a few pragnant examples.