Difference between revisions of "Unreliable narrator"
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| − | '''Unreliable narrator''' is a literary technique wherein doubt is cast, through the use of juxtaposed untruths and specious logic, on the narrator's account of a story and its truth. This is often done for the purposes of parody. A famous example of this technique is in [[John Kennedy Toole]]'s ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]''. | + | '''Unreliable narrator''' is a [[literary|literature]] technique wherein doubt is cast, through the use of juxtaposed untruths and specious [[logic]], on the [[narrator]]'s account of a story and its [[truth]]. This is often done for the purposes of [[parody]]. A famous example of this technique is in [[John Kennedy Toole]]'s ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]''. |
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Latest revision as of 20:43, May 20, 2008
Unreliable narrator is a literature technique wherein doubt is cast, through the use of juxtaposed untruths and specious logic, on the narrator's account of a story and its truth. This is often done for the purposes of parody. A famous example of this technique is in John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces.
