줄리안 반즈의 『플로베르의 앵무새』에 나타난 신뢰할 수 없는 화자와 비판적 읽기 행위

Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes: Unreliable Narrators and Critical Reading

This study aims to analyze the process by which readers of literary works, facing the absence of absolute truth and the impossibility of reproducing reality, critically read and accept literary works through “unreliable narrators” in the text. To this end, I have analyzed Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes, a representative post-modern writer who denies stable and unchanging truths. Tracing and recording Flaubert’s life, the narrators contribute to breaking down the boundary between reality and fiction by mixing historical facts with fictional imagination. This research attempts to scrutinize the influence of the unreliable narrators’ memories and their narrative methods on discovering the truth. It also explores the role of modern readers who can create their own meaning of literary texts through their critical reading activities.