What is an unreliable narrator in narratology, and which distinctions (axis, cause, effect, scope) should I make before I write or judge one?
Two Living Handbook of Narratology entries give a usable vocabulary. Unreliability belongs to the narrator's discourse and comes in a "mis-" form (wrong) and an "under-" form (insufficient) for reporting, interpreting and evaluating. It needs a personalised narrator who is presented as a reporter, and it can differ by cause (circumstance vs disposition), by effect (estranging vs bonding) and from one stretch of the narration to another. Four labels per claim (axis, cause, effect, narrator type) are what a draft needs before fairness can be judged.
Two Living Handbook of Narratology entries give a usable vocabulary. Unreliability belongs to the narrator's discourse and comes in a "mis-" form (wrong) and an "under-" form (insufficient) for reporting, interpreting and evaluating. It needs a personalised narrator who is presented as a reporter, and it can differ by cause (circumstance vs disposition), by effect (estranging vs bonding) and from one stretch of the narration to another. Four labels per claim (axis, cause, effect, narrator type) are what a draft needs before fairness can be judged.
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- [sourced_fact] Two Living Handbook of Narratology entries give a usable vocabulary. Unreliability belongs to the narrator's discourse and comes in a "mis-" form (wrong) and an "under-" form (insufficient) for reporting, interpreting and evaluating. It needs a personalised narrator who is presented as a reporter, and it can differ by cause (circumstance vs disposition), by effect (estranging vs bonding) and from one stretch of the narration to another. Four labels per claim (axis, cause, effect, narrator type) are what a draft needs before fairness can be judged. · locator: Unreliability entry source
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