Re: Upstairs--Third Person narration
- From: v1313w@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 10 Mar 2007 06:28:01 -0800
Andrew Stephenson wrote:
Arrogant prat. *plonk*
Andrew Stephenson
Try some Thunderbird; it gives many writers the courage to write what
they write and send it off to a publisher. The publisher then sends
them a rejection. The writer then gets more Thunderbird...
Personally, I drink tea.
John
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I posted a wikipediia.org artical on third person narration that needs
improvement. Still it is a good little read. Wikipedia has many
literary entries. They have stock characters, stero types, plot
twists, ... All short, generally well written entries.
John
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[edit] Third person, limited
Main article: Third person limited omniscient
This style of narrator is similar to the first person narrator, but
the character is not the narrator. The narrator is disembodied. It
does nothing, casts no judgments, expresses no opinions and has no
physical form in or out of the story. This narrator is privy to the
thoughts, feelings, and memories of the protagonist, but of no other
characters.
Example:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce. The narrative
is limited to the experiences of Stephen Dedalus.
A way to think of the third person narrator is as a camera peering
over the shoulder of the protagonist, recording what transpires for
the reader. This point of view is very similar to the first person
point of view, but it allows information in a way not possible in the
first person. This narrator can present details encountered, but not
noticed by the protagonist. It can make observations that the
protagonist would never make about himself, like the color of his
eyes, or his personal failings. Any such details made by the narrator
about itself would be highly dubious, but when given by the third
person narrator, should be trusted. The narrator doesn't make blatant
judgments; some subjective observations can seep in, but if the reader
ever doubts or disagrees with the judgments of the narrator, she will
dismiss the work as a whole. The third person narrator is inherently
trustworthy.
Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow remains in third person throughout,
but at various times, it is third-person limited inside the mind of a
particular character, and not always a sane one. For example, in one
chapter, we have an extremely unreliable third-person narrator
describing an entire ship that is somehow the "toilet" of the German
Navy; the effective point of view is that of minor character Horst
Achtfaden, locked in the toilet of a ship and going crazy.
[edit] Third person, omniscient/dramatic
An omniscient narrator, as in more limited third-person forms, is also
disembodied; it takes no actions and has no physical form in or out of
the story. But, being omniscient, it witnesses all events, even some
that no characters witness. The omniscient narrator is privy to all
things past, present and future - as well as the thoughts of all
characters. As such, an omniscient narrator offers the reader a birds-
eye view about the story. The story can focus on any character at any
time and on events where there is no character. The third-person
omniscient narrator is usually the most reliable narrator; however,
the omniscient narrator may offer judgments and express opinions on
the behavior of the characters. This was common in the 19th century,
as seen in the works of Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy or George Eliot. In
some unusual cases, the reliability and impartiality of the narrator
may be in question.
[edit] Third person, objective
The author doesn't enter a single mind, but instead records what can
be seen and heard. This type of narrator is like a camera or a fly on
the wall. This is used by journalists in articles- it only gives the
facts.
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