teller

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A narrator - or narrator ( borrowed from the Latin narrator ) - can be understood as follows:

A narrator can be a person who orally carries on myths , genealogies , fairy tales and legends . In many cultures, storytellers have an important social role, see Oral Tradition .

In literary studies, the narrator is understood as an abstract instance or function of a narrative text that is not identical to the author, see:

In literary criticism, writers are often referred to as "narrators" whose work is characterized by high narrative quality. Narrative literature is called epic .

In many radio plays , the narrator is the voice of a person who is not directly involved in the plot and provides additional information that cannot be obtained from the dialogues alone.

See also

Web links

Commons : Narrator  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Narrator  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: Narrator  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Single receipts

  1. Narrator - Duden , 2018