What is a NARRATOR?
No story without narrator His function in to provide information = to tell the story
Is the NARRATOR the author?
nop
Who can tell the story?
a character a witness a protagonist someone that has nothing to do with the story.
What positions can a narrator have?
Interior or inside narrator. Outside narrator.
What knowledge can a narrator have?
Omniscient: knows everything only outside narrators N > CH knows the future, past, emotions, feelings, motivations Equiscient: N = CH Defiscient: N < CH
what is POV?
Point of View The perspective from which characters, events, etc. are preseted in a fictional text.
How can CH be presented?
Authors may present their characters either directly or indirectly: DIRECT PRESENTATION: They tell us straight out, by exposition or analysis, what characters
Name the characters characteristics (4)
DRAMATIZED: CH are shown speaking and acting as in a drama. CONSISTENT: CH are consistent in their behaviour, unless there is a clearly sufficient reason for
What is the CH classification? (2)
FLAT CHARACTERS: They are characterized by one or two traits; they can be summed up in one sentence. ROUND CHARACTERS: They are complex and many-sided; they m
What kind of CH are there?
stock, static and dynamy
