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K (ne)spoľahlivému rozprávačovi v slovenskej literatúre
ON THE (UN)RELIABLE NARRATOR IN SLOVAK LITERATURE

Author(s): Marta Součková
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Ústav svetovej literatúry, Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Unreliability; Slovak Fiction; Poetics; Narration

Summary/Abstract: The paper questions adequacy of a term „unreliable narrator“, albeit that breaking norms of a literary work is not always a sign of unreliability of narration but can be a mistake made by the authors themselves; or that obscurity of narration can be intentional or even a part of its poetics. The analysis of literary works from Slovak literature confirms that unreliability is a category that is not always related to narration but could be formed by an author, recipient or in poetics.

  • Issue Year: V/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 144-151
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Slovak