Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 10 AIL 0952 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Narration as a Period Clue
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The idea
Ironic omniscience suggests the late eighteenth or nineteenth century; close third person with free indirect discourse suggests the modern period. Like form in unit eight this is weak evidence, useful for ordering expectations about diction and never for settling a claim.
In practice
Weak evidence, held lightly.
Where people slip
The same caution as with form.
Your place on the trail
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