Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 10 AIL 0922 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Which Type Is Austen's Narrator
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The idea
Apply the two-question test: not a character in the events, and able to report the minds of the surrounding families collectively as well as the Bennets individually. That is the omniscient narrator of the glossary's definition, used ironically rather than as a god handing over facts.
In practice
Omniscient, and ironic with it.
Where people slip
Omniscient does not mean trustworthy.
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