Point of View A literary term which relates to who the narrator in a work is, from what voice or angle of vision or perspective a story or other literary work is told.Is

Questions to ask When you are thinking about a story’s point of view, the first question to be asked is “who is telling the story?” or “Who is the narrator?” or “From whose angle of vision is the story told?”

Point of View Types 1st person: the narrator is a character in the story and speaks with the pronoun “I” to narrate. 3rd person: the narrator is distanced from the story and speaks with a more impersonal voice using the pronouns “she,” “he,” or “they”

**“Omniscient” means “all knowing” (omni = all, scient = knowledge) Types of 3rd person POV 3rd person omniscient**: The narrator seems to know everything about every character, all their thoughts, motivations, and feelings. **“Omniscient” means “all knowing” (omni = all, scient = knowledge)

Types of 3rd person POV 3rd person limited: The narrator knows the thoughts, motivations, and feelings of a limited number of characters, not of all characters. Most commonly, the narrator shows us the story’s action through the consciousness of only ONE character.

Types of 3rd person POV 3rd person dramatic: The story is laid out before readers like a drama and has no narrator. Instead, the characters move about and speak to one another as though on stage, and we learn from watching their actions and listening to their words. We are not given the characters’ thoughts nor are we told their motivations for speaking and acting as they do. eg: “Hills Like White Elephants” These stories often rely heavily on dialogue.

Types of Narrators Reliable narrator: this narrator seems to be trustworthy, aware of what is true and untrue, and we believe that the narrator not only knows the truth but is also sharing it with readers. Usually, we trust a 3rd person omniscient narrator to be knowledgeable and truthful.

Types of Narrators Unreliable narrator They are not trustworthy. They may be a liar, biased, or insane., etc eg: Edgar Allan Poe’s narrators may not be perceiving events or other characters accurately. Or they may have a reason for withholding the truth.

Types of Narrators Naïve narrator: Does not understand events, even though he or she may be the narrative voice whom we must depend upon to tell us the story. eg: a child or a mentally retarded narrator William Faulkner’s novel The Sound and the Fury. There, the first section of the story is shown through the consciousness of Benjy, a 33-year-old man who has the mental capacity of a 5-year-old child.

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