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Q&A Term for writing mostly in first-person, but switching to third-person for things the POV doesn't yet know?

What's the term or name of the literary device/technique employed when a novel is mostly written in first person from the protagonist's view, but events as yet unknown to the character are written ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Tony‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:41:06Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/24974
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Tony‭ · 2019-12-08T05:41:06Z (over 4 years ago)
What's the term or name of the literary device/technique employed when a novel is mostly written in first person from the protagonist's view, but events as yet unknown to the character are written in the omniscient third person?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-10-18T12:34:29Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 4