From the perspective of an interest

From the perspective of an interest in embodiment, we might note that much of our evaluation of 飞ramatized ”narrators-those narrators whose opinions or observations we are to recognize as at least somewhat at odds with those of the author-depends on corporeal clues. Often we think of our evaluation in terms of the narrator s moral or intellectual qualities. Indeed, if we read narratology’s discussion of implied readers, we might well think that we recognize unreliability through rather abstract means. But the best-known examples of such narrators tend to be those in which the speaker is clearly embodied and positioned in a specific context. We might think, for example, of the nervous body attributed t0 Gil口1anused story for introducing unreliable narration in the undergraduate class­ room. Gilman s narrator remarks,I don’t know why I should write this.I don t want to. I don t feel able.And I know John would think it absurd. But I must say what I feel and think in some way-it is such a relief.But the effort is getting to be greater than the relief.Half the time now I am awfully lazy, and lie down ever so much.33