Publication details
Nespolehlivý autor: Otázka vypravěčské nespolehlivosti v autobiografických textech na příkladu knihy Montauk
| Title in English | The unreliable author: Unreliable narration in autobiographical texts, exemplified by Montauk |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | World Literature Studies |
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| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | unreliable narration; autobiography; Max Frisch; Montauk; identity |
| Description | The paper deals with the possibilities of applying the category of unreliable narration to autobiographical texts. I argue that these possibilities are limited since unreliability is an effect created by the author of the work. Next, an analysis of Max Frisch's Montauk is presented. This autobiographical work combines factual narration with the use of fictional devices, and it thematizes the performative nature of autobiography: the process of writing an autobiography is at the same time a process of constructing one's identity. Unreliable narration does not prove useful for interpreting this book, as the discrepancies contained in the text perform a different function in the work as a whole. |