Point of View and Unreliable Narrators
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Point of View and Unreliable Narrators

Investigates how the choice of narrator shapes a story and how readers can detect bias in a narrative voice.

CBSE Learning OutcomesCBSE Class 12 English Elective Syllabus, Section C: Literature - Fiction (Analysis of narrative perspective)NCERT Class 12 English Elective: Fiction - Evaluating point of view and narrator reliability

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Investigates how the choice of narrator shapes a story and how readers can detect bias in a narrative voice.

Key Questions

  1. How does the choice of narrator shape the story?
  2. What makes a narrator unreliable?
  3. How can readers detect bias in a narrative voice?

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