Jane Eyre : Text 1

Question 1

What is a homodiegetic narrator ?

Answer 1

A narrator that is part of the story he tells

Question 2

What is a heterodiegetic narrator ?

Answer 2

A narrator that is outside of the story

Question 3

Autodiegetic

Answer 3

A narrator that is part of the story and also the protagonist

Question 4

What type of narrator is Jane Eyre ?

Answer 4

She is one of the characters, she is the protagonist and she’s also the narrator —-> Autodiegetic

Question 5

Is Jayne Eyre the focaliser ? what does that imply ?

Answer 5

Yes, the story is based on her point of view, it’s restricted to the narrator’s perception/knowledge, we cannot see other people’s thoughts.

Question 6

What can we say more about Jayne’s point of view ?

Answer 6

She has a retrospective point of view, she tells the story, many years after it happened.

Question 7

What is a free narrative speech and why is it used ?

Answer 7

Free narrative speech is when the narrator talks while he narrates, like if it was his thoughts.
It gives an impression of intimacy between the narrator and the reader (biased narration)