How to analyze narrative perspective - point of view - narration

At school or uni a common task is to analyze the narrative perspective (also called point of view) of novels, short stories and other prose texts. They are usually told either by a first-person narrator or a third-person narrator (who can be "omniscient"), looking at this in detail means analyzing the narration techniques the author uses. In this video, I'll give you advice on how to find out which kind of narrator the text you're looking at uses and which effect the form of narration has on the story.

In another step, I point out how to use this information to create paragraphs for a written analysis.

Let me know in the comments if you've got any questions or have a good idea for a new video!

See you soon,
Mr V