omniscient narrator

English

Noun

omniscient narrator (plural omniscient narrators)

1. (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