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Unreliable Narration With a Narrator and Without

Journal of Literary Theory, 2011
The article outlines an explication of the concept of ›mimetically unreliable narration‹ i. e. the idea that a fictional narrative is reliable if it gives an unobjectionable account of the fictional facts, and unreliable, if it does not.While we agree with the majority of contemporary narratology that a narrator can be distrusted in a number of ...
Köppe, Tilmann, Kindt, Tom, Köppe, Tilmann;, Kindt, Tom;   +3 more
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Memory, Truth, and Différance in Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending

Iperstoria, 2016
Julian Barnes’ successful novel The Sense of an Ending has been generating diverse interpretations, as it is told by a completely unreliable narrator. As it is said in the first part of this article, though, the tendency of the critics so far has been ...
Alberto Rossi
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Confession, Hybridity, and Language in Gina Apostol’s Gun Dealers’ Daughter [PDF]

, 2016
In Gun Dealers’ Daughter, Gina Apostol creates multiple tensions reflecting the relationship between the United States and the Philippines and among different linguistic codes.
Myers, Cecilia Nina
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UNRELIABLE NARRATOR AND DOUBT IN THE TURN OF THE SCREW BY HENRY JAMES

English and American Studies, 2019
In this article we explore the narrative features of The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. This work is considered to be one of the most controversial in relation to the author's design and description of the characters.
T. Kyrpyta
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Memory, Self-Deception and Denial in Kazuo Ishiguro’s the Remains of the Day

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University
Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel The Remains of the Day delves into the intricacies of memory, self-deception, and denial through the lens of its protagonist, Stevens, a devoted butler.
Mureşan Dorel-Aurel
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Interrogating Identity Construction: Bodies versus Community in Cynthia Kadohatas In the Heart of the Valley of Love [PDF]

, 2010
In an interview for the journal MELUS, Hsiu-chuan Lee claims that Cynthia Kadohata suggests her novel In the Heart of the Valley of Love does not directly take any specific ethnicity as its central concern, nor deal explicitly with the identity issue ...
Rabin, Nicole Myoshi
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「信頼できない語り手」 再考 ： 物語論的な見地から [PDF]

, 2007
　すべての物語は語り手によって語られる。語り手によって語られない物語は存在しない。しかし、語り手は作者のような生身の人間ではなく、物語という言説が持つ一つの機能である。どんなに荒唐無稽な事柄であっても、それが物語世界における出来事である限り、読者は語り手の語ることを疑わない。しかし、読者は語り手の語る言葉をすべてそのまま真実だと受け入れるわけではない。なぜなら、語り手は読者に与える印象を考慮して、物語世界の情報を常に操作しているからだ。このように ...
Lee Haruki, 李 春喜
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“I HOPE THIS HURTS.” — Rhetorics of Rape in "Mouthwashing" Digital Game

Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich
This paper examines how Mouthwashing (2024), an indie horror game, constructs a space where horror aesthetics and agency-related mechanics converge, allowing players to engage with sensitive social issues such as sexual violence.
Katarzyna Matlas
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4 Signatures [PDF]

, 2016
This study is accomplished to assist the readers of the graphic novel project that is created to understand more about the elements in the graphic novel 4 Signatures. The purpose of this graphic novel is to educate people about the psychological aspects,
Irawan, S. (Stefanny), Perdana, E. (Ervan)   +1 more
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You are here: reading and representation in Christine Brooke-Rose's Thru [PDF]

, 2002
Christine Brooke-Rose's Thru is a strikingly provocative postmodernist text. Instead of examining how Thru deconstructs fiction through the literary and linguistic theory that it includes, this essay looks at how theory—specifically Roman Jakobson's ...
White, G
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