Narrative Techniquesin A Hero of Our Time and Fathers and Sons

... Narrative Techniques in A Hero of Our Time and Fathers and Sons BY: Miles Boyea 8/1/03 Narrative technique is an important literary device in the creation of any work of literature. In A Hero of Our Time, Mikhail Lermontov use three first person narrators while in Fathers and Sons, Ivan Turgenev use just one omniscient narrator. Through these methods, Lermontov gives the personal views of the three main characters while Turgenev's style is more objective, allowing the reader inside the heads of all the characters. As a result, Fathers and Sons is more detailed and revealing, making it more predictable than A Hero of Our Time, which is more challenging and propels the reader through the story more rapidly. What were the two authors' reasons for using these particular narrative styles, and how did their choices benefit the writers?

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