作为叙述情境的一种主要类型,第一人称叙述是小说家使用频率最高的手法之一。威廉·里干说:“第一人称叙述是各种故事中最自然、最普及的样式之一。”(Riggan,18)在《流浪汉、疯子、弃儿、小丑:第一人称不可靠叙述者》一书中,里干主要研究了如其题名所示的四种类型的第一人称不可靠叙述者。多年后,里干的开创性研究在叙事学界有了回声。2008年,欧洲知名学术出版社沃尔特·德·格鲁特推出了第一人称不可靠叙述研究的新成果 As one of the main types of narrative situations, first person narration is one of the most frequently used techniques by novelists. William Reagan said: “First-person narration is one of the most natural and popular styles in all kinds of stories.” (Riggan, 18) In The Hobbit, The Madman, The Abandoned, The Clown: The First-Person Unreliable Narrative In his book, Rakan mainly studied the four types of first-person unreliable narrators as his title suggests. Years later, Rift’s groundbreaking research echoed in the narrative community. In 2008, Walter de Groot, a well-known academic publishing house in Europe, launched a new achievement in first-person unreliable narrative research