![]() ![]() I am fascinated by how sincerity can be modulated in narration, especially where unreliable narrators influence our reading. When we talk about unreliable narrators, we are generally referring to their deceptive account of the truth, and this adds suspense and tension to the story. Since the first-person narrator is our filter-the measure by which we judge the verity of the account-we tend to expect “truth” from this speaker. ![]() ![]() In fiction, the unreliable narrator conventionally offers a first-person viewpoint whose version of the story cannot be trusted. "To the Reader"- signed by Bras Cubas – says it was written "with the pen of mirth and the ink of melancholy." One of the words that kept circulating in the #APSTogether discussions of The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas was “unreliable narrator.” ![]()
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