Entertainment / Literature / Unreliable Narrator: An imaginary storyteller or character who describes what he witnesses accurately, but misinterpets those events because of faulty perception, personal bias, or limited understanding. Often the writer or poet creating such an unreliable narrator leaves clues so that readers will perceive the unreliablity and question the interpretations offered. Examples of unreliable narrators arguably include 'Geoffrey the pilgrim' in the Canterbury Tales, the character of Forest Gump in the movie of the same name, and possibly Wilson in 'The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber.' See discussion under authorial voice.
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Narrator Noun Synonyms: reporter, storyteller, raconteur, taleteller, teller of tales, anecdotist or anecdotalist, relator, annalist, chronicler, describer, author, voice-over
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Unreliable Adjective Synonyms: irresponsible, disreputable, untrustworthy, undependable, uncertain, unstable, treacherous, flimsy, weak
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Entertainment / Literature / Narrator: The 'voice' that speaks or tells a story. Some stories are written in a first-person point of view, in which the narrator's voice is that of the point-of-view character. For instance, in The Adventure MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Unreliable Narrator: An imaginary storyteller or character who describes what he witnesses accurately, but misinterpets those events because of faulty perception, personal bias, or limited understanding. Often the writer MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Point Of View: The way a story gets told and who tells it. It is the method of narration that determines the position, or angle of vision, from which the story unfolds. Point of view governs the reader's access to t MORE