Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Literary point of view (Ex: Third person Limited) for the Kite RunnerCan anyone help me answer this because i don't understand what they mean by:...

I don't see a question here, but perhaps I can provide
some insight into what "literary point-of-view" means.  When a story is written with the
narrator (or storyteller) as one of the characters in the story, then it's considered
"first-person" narration.  Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner is one
such book since Amir is actually in the story.  You see words like "I went to the movies
and..." as clues to this type of narration.


"Third-person
narration" is when the narrator is just an observer-he or she is NOT a character in the
story.  The narrator reveals the characters and plot by saying "he" or "she".  This type
of narration can be broken down further into "third-person limited" or "third-person
omniscient".  "Limited" is when the narrator tells the story through the eyes of only
one character-we know one character very well, but the narrator cannot "jump" to
different scenes or times.  "Omniscient", however, literally means "all-knowing"-this
narrator knows all and sees all and can jump from character to
character.


Since I teach The Kite
Runner,
I have my students explore other possible narrative points-of-view,
such as how would Assef tell the story of reuniting with Amir (in the first-person)? 
How would a third-person observer describe the setting of the kite-flying
competition?

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