What is a reliable narrator?

[ish mailian]

The term was used, not by me, but by at least two people in the discussion
of Slothrop's background. I'm merely trying to follow the discussion. I
asked, not to argue that there is or isn't a reliable narrator or more than
one, or about the term or it's use, or to argue for the use of some other
term, but merely to improve my understanding of what I find a very
interesting discussion.

The people discussing Slothrop may use any term they chose to. I just want
to know what is meant when they use it.


On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Would you like to describe the meaning/difference? GR has a narrator
> (maybe numerous ones), but Slothrup isn't one of them.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Gary Webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','gwebb8686 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Maybe Narrator isn't the right word, how about interlocutor...?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Apr 6, 2016, at 6:32 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The current thread has provided no examples of Slothrup narrating, as far
>> as I can tell.  Can you provide some text as example?
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 5:28 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> see current thread under this subject where examples are provided and
>>> the question of reliability is discussed.
>>>
>>> BtZ42, 21: Slothrop backstory in UK
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 4:45 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Please show an example of Slothrup narrating.  Then we can discuss the
>>> > reliablility of said narration.  Otherwise, this is a worthless
>>> question.
>>> >
>>> > David Morris
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:36 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Anyone care to explain?
>>> >> What do posters mean when thy say Slothrop is a reliable narrator?
>>> >>
>>> >> Hard to find anything we can rely on in this book, so if have a
>>> >> reliable narrator in Slothrop, if, we have something to hang our hats
>>> >> on. Right?
>>> >>
>>> >> Papa wasa rolling stone.....
>>> >> -
>>> >> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>> >
>>> >
>>> -
>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>
>>
>>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/attachments/20160406/01007f2f/attachment.html>