unreliable narrator

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von unreliable narrator im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A narrating character or storyteller in a literary or other artistic work—such as a novel, play, song, or film—who provides inaccurate, misleading, conflicting, or otherwise questionable information to the reader or audience

Patrick, for all his brutal truth telling, is an unreliable narrator.

Silbentrennung

un·re·li·a·ble nar·ra·tor

Türkische aussprache

ʌnrilayıbıl nereytır

Aussprache

/ˌənrēˈlīəbəl ˈnerātər/ /ˌʌnriːˈlaɪəbəl ˈnɛreɪtɜr/

Etymologie

() Reportedly coined by U.S. literary critic Wayne C. Booth in 1961.