In some stories, the unreliable narrator is quite obvious, such as inThe Catcher in the Rye,while in other stories, this is not the case. It might not become clear that the narrator can’t be trusted until the reader gets partially through a book or story. Or, even more dramatic, they...
The use of unreliable narrators is a powerful way in which writers and filmmakers tell a story from the perspective of a character whose credibility is put into question, whether by their mental state or emotional maturity. It also gives audiences a chance to offer their own interpretations of...
1.2 Literature Review The concept of the unreliable narrator was introduced by Wayne C. Booth in The Rhetoric of Fiction published in 1961. This seemingly simple conception, actually, has survived in nearly all narratological textbooks with Booth’s classic definition:“I have called a narrator ...