Definitions for unreliable narrator
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1. unreliable narratornoun

   A narrating character or storyteller in a literary or other artistic worksuch as a novel, play, song, or filmwho provides inaccurate, misleading, conflicting, or otherwise questionable information to the reader or audience.

2. Etymology: Reportedly coined by U.S. literary critic Wayne C. Booth in 1961.

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1. Unreliable narrator

   An unreliable narrator is a narrator whose credibility is compromised. They can be found in fiction and film, and range from children to mature characters. The term was coined in 1961 by Wayne C. Booth in The Rhetoric of Fiction. While unreliable narrators are almost by definition first-person narrators, arguments have been made for the existence of unreliable second- and third-person narrators, especially within the context of film and television, and sometimes also in literature.Sometimes the narrator's unreliability is made immediately evident. For instance, a story may open with the narrator making a plainly false or delusional claim or admitting to being severely mentally ill, or the story itself may have a frame in which the narrator appears as a character, with clues to the character's unreliability. A more dramatic use of the device delays the revelation until near the story's end. In some cases, the reader discovers that in the foregoing narrative, the narrator had concealed or greatly misrepresented vital pieces of information. Such a twist ending forces readers to reconsider their point of view and experience of the story. In some cases the narrator's unreliability is never fully revealed but only hinted at, leaving readers to wonder how much the narrator should be trusted and how the story should be interpreted.

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1. Unreliable narrator

   An unreliable narrator is a narrator, whether in literature, film, or theatre, whose credibility has been seriously compromised. The term was coined in 1961 by Wayne C. Booth in The Rhetoric of Fiction. This narrative mode is one that can be developed by an author for a number of reasons, usually to deceive the reader or audience. Most often unreliable narrators are first-person narrators, but sometimes third-person narrators can also be unreliable. The nature of the narrator is sometimes immediately clear. For instance, a story may open with the narrator making a plainly false or delusional claim or admitting to being severely mentally ill, or the story itself may have a frame in which the narrator appears as a character, with clues to his or her unreliability. A more dramatic use of the device delays the revelation until near the story's end. This twist ending forces readers to reconsider their point of view and experience of the story. In some cases the narrator's unreliability is never fully revealed but only hinted at, leaving readers to wonder how much the narrator should be trusted and how the story should be interpreted. An exception is an event that did not or could not happen, told within the fictionalized historical novels, speculative fiction, or clearly delineated dream sequences. Narrators describing them are not considered unreliable.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unreliable narrator in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unreliable narrator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of unreliable narrator in a Sentence

1. Iain Banks:

   Apparently I am what is known as an Unreliable Narrator, though of course if you believe everything you’re told you deserve whatever you get.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unreliable_Narrator
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreliable_Narrator
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=unreliable narrator