El autor implícito y el narrador no fiable- según nuestro punto de vista (Implied Authors and Unreliable Narrators - From Our Point of View)

Abstract

Implied authors and unreliable narrators are two concepts which are closely linked in narrative theory, as they were originally developed by Wayne Booth. Their afterlives have diverged: the implied author is often questioned or rejected as a theoretical concept, and is usually downplayed in narratologists's accounts; while the unreliable narrator has acquired an unprecedented popularity and expansion. I will add some historical notes and will try to show that the implied author is not so easily done away with; moreover, it is a necessary concept in order to give an adequate definition of the unreliable narrator.

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Keywords: narratology, narrative, authorship, implied author, narrator, unreliable narrator, Wayne Booth, Hegel