Definition

1. Noun:

   • Narrative: A story, an account, or a spoken or written description of connected events and experiences. It refers to the act of telling a story or the story itself.
   • Narration: The process or technique of narrating a sequence of events.

2. Adjective:

   • Narrative: Having the form or style of a story; describing events in a story-like manner. Used to characterize a type of writing or speech.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tự sự của ông ấy về chiến tranh rất cảm động. (His narrative about the war is very moving.)
  • Phần tự sự trong bài thơ rất rõ ràng. (The narration in the poem is very clear.)
• Adjective:
  • Đây là một tác phẩm tự sự nổi tiếng. (This is a famous narrative work.)
  • Thơ tự sự khác với thơ trữ tình. (Narrative poetry is different from lyrical poetry.)

Advanced Usage

• "dòng tự sự": narrative flow / stream of narration.
  • Tác giả phá vỡ dòng tự sự truyền thống. (The author breaks the traditional narrative flow.)
• "ngôi tự sự": narrative perspective / point of view.
  • Truyện được kể từ ngôi tự sự thứ nhất. (The story is told from a first-person narrative perspective.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tự thuật (n): autobiography, personal account.
  • Cuốn sách là một bản tự thuật. (The book is an autobiography.)
• Kể chuyện (v): to tell a story.
  • Bà ngoại thích kể chuyện cổ tích. (My grandmother likes to tell fairy tales.)

Synonyms

• Story: an account of imaginary or real events.
• Account: a report or description of an event or experience.
• Tale: a fictitious or true narrative.

Related Terms and Genres

• Văn tự sự / Thể loại tự sự: narrative genre / narrative literature. This is a major literary genre encompassing works that tell a story, such as novels, short stories, and epics.
  • Tiểu thuyết thuộc thể loại tự sự. (The novel belongs to the narrative genre.)