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Mastering Point of View in Literature

Point of view is the perspective from which a story is presented, impacting its effect on readers. Explore first and third person narratives, omniscient and limited viewpoints. Practice identifying and retelling stories from new viewpoints for a deeper understanding.

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Mastering Point of View in Literature

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  1. LIT 201-200 The Third Literary Element: Point of View

  2. Point of View is … …the method by which the story is presented, the perspective from which we receive all information. In a technical sense, POINT OF VIEW means the way the story's narrator (or the person telling the story) relates to his/her fictional characters and to his/her story. Sometimes referred to as a story's angle or focus, POINT OF VIEW is not an arbitrary method used by an author to reveal his character or plot; it is, rather, a very carefully planned and special viewpoint.

  3. The Effect of Point of View The choice of POINT OF VIEW will determine to a large extent the effect of a story, and depending upon the story's purpose, how successful its impact will be upon the reader.

  4. Types of Point of View There are two basic types of POINT OF VIEW that authors typically employ in their stories: FIRST Person and THIRD Person

  5. FIRST PERSON NARRATOR 1. CHARACTER • As a major character • As a minor character 2. UNKNOWN STORY TELLER - (Totally removed/not an actual character)

  6. THIRD PERSON 1. OMNISCIENT • (All-Knowing) 2. LIMITED OMNISCIENT • (Slanted) 3. OBJECTIVE • (Camera-like)

  7. Additional POINTS OF VIEW SECOND PERSON STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

  8. An Exercise in Point of View With the short story “BIRTHDAY PARTY” by Katherine Brush 1902-1952

  9. Directions • Read and listen to the short story. • List every pronoun in each sentence by sentence number. • What point of view does the author use? • Explain how you arrived at your answer.

  10. Break Time Please take a 15 minute break now. When you return we will begin an in-class Point of View essay writing exercise.

  11. Point of View In-Class Essay(Using blue/green books)FIRST, CHOOSE ONE (1) of the short stories we have read so far in our class.

  12. DIRECTIONS At the beginning of your essay, (1) identify the ORIGINAL point of view the original author has chosen to use in the version of the story in our textbook. Be as specific as possible in your identification (use the types and subtypes such as 1st person major character point of view or 3rd person slanted point of view). You may us your book, notes, and handouts.

  13. Next, (2) … … identify the new point of view with which you plan to retell the story. I would prefer that you choose a totally different point of view from the original even to the extent of changing the pronouns from 1st person to 3rd person or vice versa for instance.

  14. Finally, (3) … … retell the story in your own words in that new point of view. Just summarize the story in your new point of view; you needn’t be as detailed as the original author was, in other words. All you are being asked to do in your retelling is to prove you understand the differences between the two points of view by illustrating that.

  15. Length of essay Please try to limit your retelling of the story to no more than one or two Blue Book pages (250-500 words) at most.

  16. Time Limit Take no more than an hour to complete this writing exercise. Your A/F grade on this assignment will be based EQUALLY all three of the items you are being asked to do as indicated above.

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