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... person , as opposed to third - person , narrative is used to distinguish a personalised point of view . The omniscient narrator normally uses third- person pronouns ( he , she or they ) in referring to characters and this tends to ...
... person , as opposed to third - person , narrative is used to distinguish a personalised point of view . The omniscient narrator normally uses third- person pronouns ( he , she or they ) in referring to characters and this tends to ...
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... person narrator and hero of the work explains his knowledge of Squire Falkland's past which takes up all of Book I as being partly the account of his friend and protector , Mr Collins , a retainer in Mr Falkland's household . I shall ...
... person narrator and hero of the work explains his knowledge of Squire Falkland's past which takes up all of Book I as being partly the account of his friend and protector , Mr Collins , a retainer in Mr Falkland's household . I shall ...
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... person narration is more appropriate to the expression of a heroic and tragic world because of its formality and distancing effect . A first - person hero cannot be altogether flat , but a third - person hero can . As with setting and ...
... person narration is more appropriate to the expression of a heroic and tragic world because of its formality and distancing effect . A first - person hero cannot be altogether flat , but a third - person hero can . As with setting and ...
Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Drama and the Theatre | 101 |
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