ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -An omniscient narrator is the all-knowing voice in a story. The narrator has greater insight into the narrative events; context; and the characters’ motives, unspoken thoughts, and experiences, than any individual character does.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most common type of omniscient narration is third person omniscient. This narrator sees everything happening in a story from a somewhat removed perspective, using third person pronouns like “he” and “she.” A third person omniscient narrator knows what every character is thinking and what is happening at all times.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is an omniscient narrator? Omniscient narration uses the “all-knowing” or “god” narrator. This narrative voice knows everything in the universe, past and future, said and unsaid. It can “head hop” into any character, read everyone’s every thought, and understand any character’s motivation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Because the omniscient narrator is not an actor in the story, you may move between and contrast characters’ private feelings. The classic novel Middlemarch (1872) by George Eliot is a good source of examples.