omniscient narrator

English

Noun

omniscient narrator (plural omniscient narrators)

(literary theory, narratology) A narrator with an overarching perspective, seeing and knowing everything that happens within the world of the story, including what each of the characters is thinking and feeling.
Coordinate term: unreliable narrator

Translations

Translations

Finnish: kaikkitietävä kertoja
French: narrateur omniscient m
Polish: narrator wszechwiedzący m

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