What is narrative distance?

What are the list of all different possible narrative techniques in novels?

• I'm writing an english essay to do with different narrative techniques. Firstly what is a narrative technique and what are the different ones? Are there proper names for all the narrative techniques or must one just try explain them as best as possible?

• Answer:

  I'm not sure if you're looking for literary devices or narrative points of views. Literary devices are used to enhance writing, create depth or a deeper understanding of what's going on, create suspense or set a mood, etc. Here is a long list of literary devices with explanations and examples: http://literary-devices.com/ Narrative points of views are the different ways the story is told. There are three main ones: First Person: "I went to the store." Second Person: "You went to the store." Third Person: "He/she/they went to the store." Third Person can be split into Limited, Omniscient, and Subjective. This site can explain it better than I can: http://vickie-britton.suite101.com/points-of-view-a24900 Hope this helped.