Unreliable Narration and Trustworthiness: Intermedial and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Narratologia, 44)

Now available in paperback Though the phenomenon known as “unreliable narration” or “narrative unreliability” has received a lot of attention during the last two decades, narratological research has mainly focused on its manifestations in narrative fiction, particularly in homodiegetic or first-person narration. Except for film, forms and functions of unreliable narration in other genres, media and disciplines have so far been relatively neglected. The present volume redresses the balance by directing scholarly attention to disciplines and domains that narratology has so far largely ignored. It aims at initiating an interdisciplinary approach to, and debate on, narrative unreliability, exploring unreliable narration in a broad range of literary genres, other media and non-fictional text-types, contexts and disciplines beyond literary studies. Crossing the boundaries between genres, media, and disciplines, the volume acknowledges that the question of whether or not to believe or trust a narrator transcends the field of literature: The issues of (un)reliability and (un)trustworthiness play a crucial role in many areas of human life as well as a wide spectrum of academic fields ranging from law to history, and from psychology to the study of culture. Initiating A Transgeneric, Intermedial And Interdisciplinary Approach To Narrative Unreliability, This Volume Is Meant To Enrich, Modify And Refine Our Understanding Of (un)reliable Narration By Taking Into Account Not Only Different Genres And Media, But Also Research In A Variety Of Disciplines. The Three Sections Of The Volume Comprise Articles On The Theory Of Unreliable Narration, Transgeneric And Intermedial Issues As Well As Studies From Areas Such As Journalism, Politics, Law And Medicine -- Vera Nünning / Conceptualising (un)reliable Narration And (un)trustworthiness -- Theoretical Issues And New Directions. Uri Margolin / Theorising Narrative (un)reliability: A Tentative Roadmap; Liesbeth Korthals Altes / What About The Default, Or Interpretive Diversity? : Some Reflections On Narrative (un)reliability; Vera Nünning / Reconceptualising Fictional (un)reliability And (un)trustworthiness From A Multidisciplinary Perspective: Categories, Typology And Functions; Bo Pettersson / Kinds Of Unreliability In Fiction: Narratorial, Focal, Expositional And Combined; Robert Vogt / Combining Possible-worlds Theory And Cognitive Theory: Towards An Explanatory Model For Ironic-unreliable Narration, Ironic-unreliable Focalization, Ambiguous-unreliable And Alterated-unreliable Narration In Literary Fiction; Gunther Martens / Unreliability In Non-fiction: The Case Of The Unreliable Addressee --^ Transgeneric And Intermedial Approaches. Peter Hühn / Unreliability In Lyric Poetry; Ansgar Nünning & Christine Schwanecke / The Performative Power Of Unreliable Narration And Focalisation In Drama And Theatre: Conceptualising The Specificity Of Dramatic Unreliability; Matthias Brütsch / Irony, Retroactivity, And Ambiguity: Three Kinds Of Unreliable Narration In Literature And Film; Markus Kuhn / (un)reliability In Fictional And Factual Audiovisual Narratives On Youtube; Christoph Bietz / Tracing Televised Truth: Reality Effect And Unreliable Narration In Tv News --^ Interdisciplinary Perspectives On (un)reliability. Beatrice Dernbach / (un)reliable Narration In Journalism: The Fine Line Between Fact And Fiction; Andreas Elter; Unreliable Narratives In The Us Elections: How Much Reliability Can A Campaign Take?; Andreas Von Arnauld & Stefan Martini / Unreliable Narration In Law Courts; Stephan Jaeger / Unreliable Narration In Historical Studies; Jarmila Mildorf / Unreliability In Patient Narratives: From Clinical Assessment To Narrative Practice; Brigitte Boothe & Dragica Stojkovic / Communicating Dreams: On The Struggle For Reliable Dream Reporting And The Unreliability Of Dream Reports. Edited By Vera Nünning. International Conference Proceedings. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Though the phenomenon known as “unreliable narration” or “narrative unreliability” has received a lot of attention during the last two decades, narratological research has mainly focused on its manifestations in narrative fiction, particularly in homodiegetic or first-person narration. Except for film, forms and functions of unreliable narration in other genres, media and disciplines have so far been relatively neglected. The present volume redresses the balance by directing scholarly attention to disciplines and domains that narratology has so far largely ignored. It aims at initiating an interdisciplinary approach to, and debate on, narrative unreliability, exploring unreliable narration in a broad range of literary genres, other media and non-fictional text-types, contexts and disciplines beyond literary studies. Crossing the boundaries between genres, media, and disciplines, the volume acknowledges that the question of whether or not to believe or trust a narrator transcends the field of literature: The issues of (un)reliability and (un)trustworthiness play a crucial role in many areas of human life as well as a wide spectrum of academic fields ranging from law to history, and from psychology to the study of culture.

Initiating a transgeneric, intermedial and interdisciplinary approach to narrative unreliability, this volume is meant to enrich, modify and refine our understanding of (un)reliable narration by taking into account research in a variety of fields. The three sections of the volume comprise articles on the theory of unreliable narration, transgeneric and intermedial issues, and studies from areas such as journalism, politics, law and medicine.