Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 10 AIL 0910 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Omniscient Narrator
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The idea
The glossary defines this as a narrator able to tell the thoughts and actions of all characters at any time, adding that such a narrator is like a god providing all the information readers could want. Unrestricted access is the mark.
In practice
All minds, at any time.
Where people slip
Unrestricted access is the test.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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