unreliable narrator

== English == === Etymology === Apparently coined by the U.S. literary critic Wayne Clayson Booth (1921–2005) in The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961): see the quotation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /(ˌ)ʌnɹɪˌlaɪəbl nəˈɹeɪtə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌnɹəˌlaɪəb(ə)l ˈnɛˌɹeɪtɚ/, /-ɹətɚ/, /-nəˈɹeɪtɚ/, [-ɾɚ] Rhymes: (one pronunciation) -eɪtə(ɹ) Hyphenation: un‧re‧li‧a‧ble nar‧rat‧or === Noun === unreliable narrator (plural unreliable narrators) (literary theory) A narrating character or storyteller in a literary or other artistic work (such as a film, novel, play, or song) who provides conflicting, inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise questionable information to the audience or reader. [from 1961] Coordinate term: omniscient narrator ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === unreliable narrator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Chris[topher] Baldick (2008), “unreliable narrator”, in The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, 3rd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN.