ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An unreliable narrator ____
A
can be trusted to tell the truth
B
cannot be trusted to tell the truth
C
is often insane
D
is often insane and therefore cannot be trusted to tell the truth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An unreliable narrator is a character that cannot be trusted. They might be a liar, they might not be in their right mind, or they might be misrepresenting events based on their own unintentional biases.

Detailed explanation-2: -What Is an Unreliable Narrator in Writing? An unreliable narrator is an untrustworthy storyteller, most often used in narratives with a first-person point of view. The unreliable narrator is either deliberately deceptive or unintentionally misguided, forcing the reader to question their credibility as a storyteller.

Detailed explanation-3: -UNRELIABLE NARRATOR: A narrator that is not trustworthy, whose rendition of events must be taken with a grain of salt. We tend to see such narrators especially in first-person narration, since that form of narration tends to underline the motives behind the transmission of a given story.

Detailed explanation-4: -An unreliable narrator can be defined as any narrator who misleads readers, either deliberately or unwittingly. Many are unreliable through circumstances, character flaws or psychological difficulties. In some cases, a narrator withholds key information from readers, or they may deliberately lie or misdirect.

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