Narrative

A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional (memoir, biography, news report, documentary...

In any narrative, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character, typically, a character who contrasts with the protagonist, in order to better...

In a literary work, film, or other narrative, the plot is the sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect...

literary studies, a theme is a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative. Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept...

Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters; the entire story is usually written...

A dual narrative is a form of narrative that tells a story in two different perspectives, usually two different people. Dual narrative is also an effective...

recurs across a story; often, it helps develop other narrative elements such as theme or mood. A narrative motif can be created through the use of imagery...

Narrative therapy (or narrative practice) is a form of psychotherapy that seeks to help patients identify their values and the skills associated with...

Nonlinear narrative, disjointed narrative, or disrupted narrative is a narrative technique where events are portrayed, for example, out of chronological...

Narrative exposition, now often simply exposition, is the insertion of background information within a story or narrative. This information can be about...

A narrative environment is a space, whether physical or virtual, in which stories can unfold. A virtual narrative environment might be the narrative framework...

Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax) 'staircase, ladder') or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama, or it is the time when...

of narrativity, represented by the notions of narrative content, narrative discourse, narrative transportation, and narrative persuasion. Narrative content...

Narrative history is the practice of writing history in a story-based form. It tends to entail history-writing based on reconstructing series of short-term...

A narrative technique (known among literary fictional narratives as a literary technique, literary device, or fictional device) is any of several specific...

A metanarrative (also meta-narrative and grand narrative; French: métarécit or grand récit) is a narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience...

The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity. The narrative is made up of two stories, roughly equivalent to the...

Narrative Medicine is the discipline of applying the skills used in analyzing literature to interviewing patients. The premise of narrative medicine is...

between characters or visual action. The narrative mode, which is sometimes also used as synonym for narrative technique, encompasses the set of choices...

The theory of narrative identity postulates that individuals form an identity by integrating their life experiences into an internalized, evolving story...