Narrative Perspektives

	First-person	Third-person limited	Third-person omniscient
Character-istics	e.g. ¯    narrator identical with one character in the story  (in most cases protagonist) ¯    knows feeling and thoughts of this character	e.g. ¯    story told from outside ¯    narrator knows only about the feelings and opinions of one particular character a but narrator is not identical with this character	e.g. ¯    story told from outside and inside ¯    narrator knows feelings and thoughts of different characters

Effect

e.g. ¯    reader has got access to this characters’ feelings and thoughts ¯    emotionally strongly involved and likely to identify with the narrator a identification figure ¯    reader is constantly informed about the protagonist’s thoughts and feelings

e.g. ¯    limited, possibly biased/unreliable information about events and other characters ¯    not enough information a may create suspense and encourage interpretation

e.g. ¯    reader gets comprehensive characterisations and interpretations