unreliable narrators

[Tore Rye Andersen]

Mark:
 
> Yes, the questioning of 'reality' is part of much of his work. 
> Which is why Booth's definition of 'unreliable narrator" does 
> not apply---the touchstone examples need a "reality" revealed by 
> the text to set off the unreliability of the narrator. 

Exactly! Very well put.
 
This is what Alice simply doesn't get, and this is why I argued
that to speak of GR's narrator in terms of reliability and unreliablity
seems pretty much besides the point. This does not amount to saying that
the narratorial situation in GR cannot be analyzed, as Alice so
reductively (and typically) construes my statement; rather, it amounts
to saying that the analysis in this instance takes off from a flawed
premise, and that we should try to approach the question of GR's
narrator from a different angle.
  		 	   		  
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