ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a narrator?
A
Point of View
B
The person or voice that tells the story.
C
Verbal Irony
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -narrator, one who tells a story. In a work of fiction the narrator determines the story’s point of view. If the narrator is a full participant in the story’s action, the narrative is said to be in the first person. A story told by a narrator who is not a character in the story is a third-person narrative.

Detailed explanation-2: -In first-person narration, the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. The narration usually utilizes the pronoun I (or we, if the narrator is speaking as part of a group).

Detailed explanation-3: -A narrator is a person who tells a story to an audience. Narrators occur in face-to-face story-telling, and in literary works, movies, and plays. They can be fictional, or they can be real people. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character.

Detailed explanation-4: -First Person-In this point of view, a character (typically the protagonist, but not always) is telling the story. Second Person-In this point of view, the author uses a narrator to speak to the reader. Third Person-In this point of view, an external narrator is telling the story.

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