narrators
Voices guiding stories
Narrators are those who tell stories.
A novel's narrator is the voice relating events—sometimes a character within the story, sometimes an omniscient presence outside it.
In film and documentary, a narrator provides voiceover commentary.
The term extends beyond fiction: The narrators of history shape how we understand the past.
Skilled storyteller
- bardPoet of epics
- griotAfrican oral tradition keeper
- chroniclerWriter of historical accounts
- fabulistMoral tale composer
yarn-spinner · minstrel · troubadour · mythmaker · novelist · tale-teller · anecdotist · recounter
Having complete awareness
- third-personGrammatical category for others
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
- godlikeResembling a deity
- omnipresentExisting everywhere at once
authorial · intrusive · reliable · unreliable · panoramic · foreshadowing · insightful · subjective
Story's central figure
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- heroOne admired for courage
- villainWicked story antagonist
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
sidekick · confidant · foil · archetype · dynamic · static · round · flat
Concerning one's own life
- subjectiveBased on personal perspective
- confessionalBooth for admitting sins
- intimateClosely personal or private
- limitedRestricted in extent
participant · witness · peripheral · central · memoir · monologue · diary · epistolary
Creating false impressions
- biasedUnfairly favoring one side
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- manipulativeSkilled at controlling others
- contradictoryLogically opposed to itself
untrustworthy · distorted · self-serving · confused · child · lying · gap · ambiguous
raconteur
Skilled storyteller
- bardPoet of epics
- griotAfrican oral tradition keeper
- chroniclerWriter of historical accounts
fabulist · yarn-spinner · minstrel · troubadour · mythmaker · novelist · tale-teller · anecdotist · recounter · voice
all-knowing
Having complete awareness
- third-personGrammatical category for others
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
- godlikeResembling a deity
omnipresent · authorial · intrusive · reliable · unreliable · panoramic · foreshadowing · insightful · subjective · objective
protagonist
Story's central figure
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- heroOne admired for courage
- villainWicked story antagonist
mentor · sidekick · confidant · foil · archetype · dynamic · static · round · flat · complex
autobiographical
Concerning one's own life
- subjectiveBased on personal perspective
- confessionalBooth for admitting sins
- intimateClosely personal or private
limited · participant · witness · peripheral · central · memoir · monologue · diary · epistolary · stream-of-consciousness
deceptive
Creating false impressions
- biasedUnfairly favoring one side
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- manipulativeSkilled at controlling others
contradictory · untrustworthy · distorted · self-serving · confused · child · lying · gap · ambiguous · questionable
- Hadithhadith, hadiths, Muslim, matn, canonical works
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- Audiobooksaudiobook, chapter, playback speed, voice actors, voice actor
- character typesprotagonist, hero, antagonist, villain, heroes
- creativesartist, artists, painter, painters, illustrators
- storytellersstorytellers, tale-teller, tale spinner, yarn spinners, bard
- unreliable narratorsStorytellers whose credibility falters
- omniscient narratorStoryteller with unlimited knowledge
- narrator voiceSpeaker delivering the tale
- audiobook narratorOne who records spoken literature
- child narratorYouth telling the story
- first person narratorSpeaker who says "I"