Pot iz labirinta: nezanesljivi pripovedovalec v romanu Piranesi Susanne Clarke

Pirih, Sibila (author), Žunkovič, Igor (mentor)

V svoji nalogi predstavim pregled teorij pripovedovalca, s poudarkom na tipu nezanesljivega pripovedovalca, njegovih določil in funkcij, razvoju in rabi pojma ter različnim podtipom. Opišem povezavo med nezanesljivim pripovedovalcem in fantazijskim žanrom, ki je prevladujoči žanr obravnavanega romana. V osrednjem delu se posvetim analizi pripovedovalca v romanu Piranesi – razlikovanju med likom in pripovedovalcem, nezanesljivosti pripovedovalca in tem, kako je lik Piranesija bolj smiselno umestiti med tip nepopolnega pripovedovalca. Nadaljujem z analizo žanrskega sinkretizma v romanu in osvetlim prisotne elemente kriminalnega, psihološkega, fantazijskega in filozofskega romana. Nazadnje še posebej poudarim, kako prav raba nezanesljivega pripovedovalca omogoča vključevanje več žanrov v en sam roman.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: angleška književnost, naratologija, teorije pripovedovalca, nezanesljivi pripovedovalec, fantazijski žanr, žanrski sinkretizem, Susanna Clarke
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 2023
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-149848
• COBISS.SI-ID: 163980803
• Publication date in RUL: 11.09.2023

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Out of the Labyrinth: The Role of the Unreliable Narrator in Susanna Clarke's Piranesi

Abstract

I start this paper with an overview of the narrator theories, with emphasis on the type of unreliable narrator, its features and functions, its history and use and its division into subtypes. I describe the connection between the unreliable narrator and the genre of fantasy, which is the prevalent genre mode of the analysed novel. The analysis of the narrator in Piranesi takes up the main part – I discuss the difference between the character and the narrator in the book, the narrator’s unreliability, and the reason why Piranesi fits better within the category of a fallible narrator. I continue with the analysis of genre syncretism in the given novel and point out the elements of the crime novel, psychological thriller, fantasy novel and the philosophic novel. Lastly, I explain how the use of the unreliable narrator enables the inclusion of various genre modes in a single novel.

• Keywords: English literature, narratology, narrator theories, unreliable narrator, fantasy genre, genre syncretism, Susanna Clarke