Petros' War | Literary Qualities

Petros' War Literary Qualities

In an assessment of Greek fiction for young readers, Meni Kanatsouli wrote: Zei provides a model of developing narrative methods in Greek children's fiction.

She uses an impersonal narrator; one who is not identical with the writer but who nonetheless stands apart from the imaginary personages of the novel. In Petros' War, the narrator remains completely outside the action; all that matters is that he observe the facts from different points of view according to the different characters involved, who share their opinions with each other.

The straightforward, linear narrative held in the impersonal third person is oddly enough highly individual, where the presence of the narrator is distinct as are feelings and humor. In addition, the thirdperson narration corresponds directly to the internal viewpoint of the protagonist as the narrator describes events only as seen through Petros and along with his thoughts and ideas. Regarding...
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