Well, isn't Erikson notable for his unreliable POVs?
Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 14/03/2010 12:57:25 AM
I feel like a character describing things he doesn't fully understand can very easily cross over into unreliability.
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Unreliable narrators: yay or nay? Or neigh? And if so, and you are a horse, how are you typing?
- 12/03/2010 05:20:09 AM
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Re: Unreliable narrators: yay or nay? Or neigh? And if so, and you are a horse, how are you typing?
- 12/03/2010 09:12:23 AM
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I enjoyed reading the Bayard.
- 12/03/2010 11:55:09 PM
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Re: I enjoyed reading the Bayard.
- 14/03/2010 10:56:54 AM
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Re: I enjoyed reading the Bayard.
- 16/03/2010 10:37:35 PM
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I think it's fairly logical that genre fiction doesn't employ it as often.
- 12/03/2010 01:21:06 PM
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Well, isn't Erikson notable for his unreliable POVs?
- 14/03/2010 12:57:25 AM
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I think that unreliable narrators tend to be written by more experienced or skillful authors.
- 12/03/2010 06:56:06 PM
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