Position from which the story is told. Represents the author’s relationship to his or her fictional world.
What is point of view?
100
The literary technique that is a part of composition, which encompasses the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work.
What is tone?
100
Are there shifts in POV in Beloved?
Yes.
200
One of the characters tells the story, thus limiting the author. All knowledge comes from that single point of view.
What is first person?
200
Reveals the author’s attitude toward the subject matter of the work.
What is tone's relationship to POV?
200
The narrative device used in literature "to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind." Often feels schizophrenic.
What is Stream of Conciousness Writing?
300
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters in the story.
What is Omniscient?
300
Author is the narrator; he or she does not enter into the minds of any of the characters.
What is objective POV?
300
Who in the book is the focus of Stream of Consciousness writing?
Who are Beloved, Sethe and Denver?
400
The narrator adheres closely to one person’s perspective.
What is Limited Omniscient?
400
“Dramatic” point of view because we see the characters as we would see them in a play.
What is Objective POV?
400
What does stream of consciousness writing attempt to add to the novel for readers?
What is a deeper understanding of characters, actions or thoughts?
500
Author talks to readers as though they are part of the story, using the pronouns, "you", “your”, “yours”.
What is Second Person POV?
500
The point of view of the majority of Beloved.
What is Omniscient POV?
500
Find the pages/chapters where one of the point of view shifts occurs.