ENGL 91C Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Wilshire Boulevard, Raymond Chandler, Scopophilia
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Narration point of view/person - the position of the narrator in relation to the story being told; first- person, second-person, third-person, alternating. Narrative time - the temporal relationship between the narrator and the events of the story; past, present, historical present, future. Narrative voice - how the narrator conveys the story. The qualities and character of the narrative persona - access to knowledge about events in the story world and/or characters" interiority (limited vs. omniscient); storytelling approach (e. g. telling vs. showing, use of epistolary voice, stream-of-consciousness, and other techniques); tone or attitude towards the story world (e. g. subjective, objective, naive, innocent, knowing, cynical); style of writing, or speaking (e. g. colloquial, formal, satirical, lyrical, sparse); reliability. A narrator who tells lies or half-truths, conceals crucial information, or otherwise violates the expectations of truthfulness and integrity that the narrative has previously set up. Some types of unreliable narrators: the innocent, the ignoramus, the fabulist, the con artist, the madman/madwoman.
