English Dictionary

unreliable narrator

名詞

(literary theory) A narrating character or storyteller in a literary or other artistic work—such as a novel, play, song, or film—who provides inaccurate, misleading, conflicting, or otherwise questionable information to the reader or audience.

日本語の意味

文学作品やその他の芸術作品（小説、戯曲、映画など）において、事実を正確に伝えず、誤解を招いたり矛盾する情報を提供する語り手のこと。 / 読者や観客に対して、意図的または無意識に不正確で信頼性に欠ける物語を語る登場人物としての役割を持つ。 / 信頼性が低いため、その語られる内容が疑わしく、真実性に疑問を生じさせるナレーター。

The novel's unreliable narrator describes events with such conviction that readers must constantly question what really happened.

その小説の信頼できない語り手は出来事をあまりにも確信を持って語るので、読者は何が本当に起こったのかを常に疑わなければならない。

意味（1）

(literary theory) A narrating character or storyteller in a literary or other artistic work—such as a novel, play, song, or film—who provides inaccurate, misleading, conflicting, or otherwise questionable information to the reader or audience.

The Priest also places a moral barrier between himself and his tale by establishing himself as an unreliable narrator capable of deception and irony.

unreliable narrators （ plural ）