Narrative Perspectives and Literary Forms

Vocabulary flashcards covering different narrative perspectives, styles, and forms as discussed in the lecture transcript.

Third person omniscient perspective

An all-knowing perspective able to enter the mind of any character, using pronouns like he/she/they while usually recounting through the eyes of one character.

Third person limited perspective

A perspective with partial knowledge where the story is recounted through the eyes of a single character, making the reader privy to the inner thoughts and feelings of that one character.

Third person - intrusive narrator

A perspective where the voice of the third person narrator breaks through and directly addresses the reader.

First person narrative perspective

A perspective that recounts events as the character experiences them; these narrators can sometimes be unreliable or naive.

Free indirect discourse

A narrative style where the third person narrator takes on the tone of a first person voice, creating intimacy and sympathy by sharing a character's thoughts and feelings.

Stream of consciousness

A narrative style that seems to be inside the character's head, presenting ideas, thoughts, and sensory impressions as fragmented or sometimes incoherent.

Framed narrative

A literary structure described as a story within a story.

Multiple narrators

A narrative technique involving more than one character or voice telling the story.

Epistolary form

A narrative format constructed through letters or diaries.