Perceptual Misalignment: Narrative Perception Beyond the Subject

Perceptual misalignment refers to narrative situations in which the perceptual field structured by the text does not coincide with the subject that should sustain it. In such cases, narrative perception cannot be fully reduced to a point of view. The concept of perceptual misalignment was first developed in Perceptual Misalignment: A Theory of Narrative Friction in Modernism. The present article clarifies its narratological implications by focusing on the relation between perception, subject, and perceptual field.