narrative
Noun:
- A spoken or written account of connected events; a story: A "narrative" is a structured representation of a sequence of events, real or imagined, often presented in a specific order to convey meaning or experience.
- The practice or art of telling stories: "Narrative" can also refer to the genre or method of storytelling itself.
Adjective:
- In the form of or concerned with telling a story: Describes something that has the qualities of a story or is presented as a connected series of events.
Noun:
- The novel presents a compelling narrative about survival.
- His personal narrative of the journey was both moving and insightful.
- The documentary weaves together multiple narratives from different witnesses.
Adjective:
- She excels in narrative poetry, which tells a complete story.
- The film uses a non-linear narrative structure to build suspense.
Master narrative / Grand narrative: A broad, overarching story or ideology that is widely accepted in a culture or society.
- The master narrative of progress has been challenged by modern historians.
Narrative arc: The overarching structure and progression of a story, typically including exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution.
- The character's transformation follows a classic narrative arc.
To control the narrative: To influence how a story or sequence of events is perceived by others.
- The politician worked hard to control the narrative after the scandal.
Narrate (verb): To tell a story or give an account of events.
- She was asked to narrate her experiences.
Narrator (noun): The person or voice that tells a story.
- The novel's narrator is an unreliable witness to the events.
Narration (noun): The act or process of narrating; the commentary in a film or documentary.
- His calm narration made the documentary very engaging.
- Story: An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.
- Tale: A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted.
- Account: A report or description of an event or experience.
- Fact: A thing that is known or proved to be true. (Contrasts with the often constructed or interpreted nature of a narrative.)
- List: A simple series of items or facts without a connecting story or interpretation.
Narrative voice: The perspective from which a story is told (e.g., first-person, third-person).
- The choice of narrative voice profoundly affects how readers perceive the characters.
Counter-narrative: A narrative that challenges or offers an alternative to a dominant narrative.
- The book provides a powerful counter-narrative to the official history.
- consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
- narrative poetry
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- his narrative was interesting
- Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children