Popular Genres and the Disnarrated in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

In A Series of Unfortunate Events , Lemony Snicket capitalizes on the narratological concept of disnarration to present his narrative as a “better” story than the fairy tales he ardently denigrates. In so doing, he encourages the child reader to adopt a more critical approach to the narratives she engages with.