unreliable narrator

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Definition of unreliable narrator in English English dictionary

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.

Hyphenation

un·re·li·a·ble nar·ra·tor

Turkish pronunciation

ʌnrilayıbıl nereytır

Pronunciation

/ˌənrēˈlīəbəl ˈnerātər/ /ˌʌnriːˈlaɪəbəl ˈnɛreɪtɜr/

Etymology

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