Timeline for Can you use the expression "unreliable narrator" as a metaphor to describe a real person?
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| Mar 19, 2021 at 20:57 | history | edited | Yuval Amir | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 19, 2021 at 19:53 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I wonder how one distinguishes the free combination from the novel compound (which I admit I wasn't aware of)? 'Expression' covers both. I'd say the compound is novel and rare enough to warrant a definition. // Given this, I'd say using a metaphorically broadened neonovel sense is unwise. | |
| Mar 19, 2021 at 19:45 | comment | added | Yuval Amir | @EdwinAshworth I am not referring to the word narrator by itself. I am referring to the term unreliable narrator from literature. It is a term for a story where the narrator presenting the story isn’t credible. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreliable_narrator | |
| Mar 19, 2021 at 15:34 | comment | added | Lambie | narrators are not metaphors. Tiktok is not a narrator. | |
| Mar 19, 2021 at 15:24 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Why is this usage metaphorical? Dictionary.com has the broad definition 'narrator: a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc' and it's people behind communications companies. Etymon says that 'narrare' means 'to make acquainted with', not just 'tell a story'. | |
| Mar 19, 2021 at 15:15 | history | edited | Yuval Amir | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 19, 2021 at 15:13 | comment | added | Yuval Amir | @YosefBaskin My intention is to use it metaphorically, I should have been more clear about it. I edited the post appropriately. Thanks :D | |
| Mar 19, 2021 at 14:08 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | A narrator is a third party, not an interested nogaya bedavar. TikTok may be putting spin on their story, but as it's their PR, they are not narrating it. Still, you could use the term metaphorically here, to a friendly reader. | |
| Mar 19, 2021 at 13:54 | comment | added | KillingTime | What makes you think that you can't use the term “unreliable narrator” to describe a real person? | |
| Mar 19, 2021 at 13:44 | answer | added | user416741 | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Mar 19, 2021 at 13:40 | history | asked | Yuval Amir | CC BY-SA 4.0 |