ABSTRACT

Stories have to be told to be consumed. They might be told by authors, or storytellers, or film-makers, but they must be told by someone. In addition to the people actually telling the story, some stories include a fictional narrator, a character in the fictional world responsible for reporting the facts of the story. Some have argued that every fiction, whether it be written, performed, or filmed, has, a least an implied fictional narrator. In this chapter, Tatjana examines the case to be made for and against this claim.