Narrative Voice and Reliability (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Merricat's narrative voice type
Merricat's narrative voice type
First-person, present-tense
Description of Merricat's voice style
Description of Merricat's voice style
Fairy-tale whimsy masking sociopathic pragmatism
Main unreliability technique Jackson uses
Main unreliability technique Jackson uses
Strategic omissions about the murder
Effect of present tense in the narrative
Effect of present tense in the narrative
Creates timeless stasis, collapses past into eternal present
How Merricat perceives reality
How Merricat perceives reality
Through magical thinking rather than rational cause and effect
Merricat's description of villagers' homes
Merricat's description of villagers' homes
Dirty paper houses
Two phases of reader response
Two phases of reader response
Early immersion, then late revulsion after revelation
What limits readers' perspective in the novel?
What limits readers' perspective in the novel?
No alternative perspectives to balance Merricat's view
Type of unreliability Jackson creates
Type of unreliability Jackson creates
Perceptual unreliability without factual fabrication
Term for fantasy that foreshadows events
Term for fantasy that foreshadows events
Prolepsis