The Use of Unreliable Narrators in Postmodern Literature
- 1. Which literary device is commonly associated with unreliable narrators?
A) Irony
B) Personification
C) Foreshadowing
D) Simile
- 2. What effect can an unreliable narrator have on a story?
A) Decrease tension
B) Create ambiguity and suspense
C) Speed up the narrative
D) Clarify the plot
- 3. Which novel by Kazuo Ishiguro features an unreliable narrator who struggles with memory loss?
A) Midnight's Children
B) The Remains of the Day
C) White Teeth
D) Beloved
- 4. Which author's novel 'House of Leaves' explores unreliable narrators through its complex narrative structure?
A) Margaret Atwood
B) Mark Z. Danielewski
C) Haruki Murakami
D) Jorge Luis Borges
- 5. Which literary movement influenced the rise of the unreliable narrator in postmodern literature?
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian literature
C) Renaissance literature
D) Modernism
- 6. Which famous postmodern author is known for using unreliable narrators to explore themes of identity and perception?
A) George Orwell
B) Don DeLillo
C) Toni Morrison
D) Ernest Hemingway
- 7. What role does the reader play when encountering an unreliable narrator in postmodern literature?
A) Skipping over inconsistencies
B) Interpreting and questioning the narrative
C) Passively accepting the story
D) Ignoring character development
- 8. Which author's novel 'The Sound and the Fury' features multiple unreliable narrators sharing their perspectives of the same events?
A) Virginia Woolf
B) Herman Melville
C) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
D) William Faulkner
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