I’m not sure what you mean. Example?
In The Plague, by Camus, the narrator is the protagonist of the story, which isn’t revealed until the end.
In To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolfe, the narrator is continually shifting between all of the main characters.
In those cases, (work, author) and (character, work, author) would both be fine. The main thing is making clear that these aren’t necessarily the views of the author.
In The Plague, by Camus, the narrator is the protagonist of the story, which isn’t revealed until the end.
In To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolfe, the narrator is continually shifting between all of the main characters.
In those cases, (work, author) and (character, work, author) would both be fine. The main thing is making clear that these aren’t necessarily the views of the author.