Yusupov Oybek Nematjonovich Ahmedova Nigora Shavkatovna

omniscient author
. He is all-
seeing and all-knowing. He can follow any character to a locked room or a desert 
island. He may get inside his characters’ minds, add his own analysis of their motives 
and actions. It is the author’s voice, his evaluations, his opinion of the events and 
characters that the reader hears and, therefore, the reader can easily understand the 
author’s point of view. 
Moreover, the omniscient author may wander away from the subject of the 
narrative to state his personal view or to make a general statement. Such a statement 
is known as the author's digression. 

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A digression usually involves a change of tense from the past (the usual tense 
in stories and novels) to the generic 'timeless' present. In this way the author directly 
conveys his presence as a guide and interpreter. The story 
The Cop and the Anthem 
by O’Henry can serve as an illustration of the possibilities of the omniscient author. 
Here the omniscient author resorts to digressions. He does not only relate the events, 
he tells the reader what his character longs for and plans to do. To convey Soapy’s 
thoughts the omniscient author uses indirect speech: “...A roasted mallard duck, 
thought Soapy, would be about the thing...”, inner represented speech: 
“...Disconsolate, Soapy ceased his unavailing racket. Would a policeman lay hands 
on him? In his fancy the Island seemed an unattainable Arcadia.
The reader generally places complete reliance on all the judgments made by 
the omniscient author and adopts his point of view. (The objectivity of the author's 
evidence is taken for granted] At the same time the reader gets the possibility to 
accompany the characters anywhere, to see what happens to them when they are 
alone, to know what goes on in their minds and what they think about one another. It 
means that the omniscient author reveals the viewpoints of the characters, too. 
The omniscient author may also assume a detached attitude and tell the readers 
all about his characters, concealing his own point of view. For example, the story 
The 
Pleasures of Solitude 
by J.Cheever is told by a detached omniscient author, who 
describes what the protagonist saw, felt, thought and did, without giving his own 
analysis of her actions. 
In many modern short stories since A.P. Chekhov the omniscient author 
appears to have a limited omniscient point of view. The author chooses one character, 
whose thoughts and actions are analyzed, giving no analysis of the other characters. 
The author therefore may by partially omniscient. 
The omniscient author may tell the story so vividly that his presence is 
forgotten, the characters and the scenes become visible. 
Such are the advantages of the narrative made by the omniscient author. 

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