ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In third-person narration, the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or by the third-person pronouns he, she, or they. Third-person narration can be further classified into several types: omniscient, limited, and objective.

Detailed explanation-2: -Writers use third-person narration when they tell a story from the perspective of someone who has nothing to do with the events. This invisible narrator is often omniscient, meaning they know what’s going on in each character’s mind. But it may also be that the point of view is limited to one or more characters.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a story told in third-person point of view, the narrator stands outside the events of the story and, usually, presents the readers with an objective presentation of those events. There are three kinds of third-person points of view: omniscient, limited omniscient, and dramatic-objective.

Detailed explanation-4: -In literature, the tritagonist (from Ancient Greek (tritagōnistḗs) ‘third actor’) or tertiary main character is the third most important character of a narrative, after the protagonist and deuteragonist.

Detailed explanation-5: -Third-person point of view examples Tiffany used her prize money from the science fair to buy herself a new microscope. The concertgoers roared their approval when they realized they’d be getting an encore.