What is Narrative?
A '''narrative''' is a [[literary term]] for the [[event]]s that make up a [[story]]. It is the way the events connect and make up the plot of a story or book.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://literarydevices.net/plot/|title=Plot - Examples and Definition of Plot|date=3 November 2013|publisher=|accessdate=25 August 2016}}</ref> A narrative reports connected [[event]]s, presented to the person [[reading]] or listener in a [[sequence]] of written or spoken [[word]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/narrative |title=narrative |author=<!--Staff writer(s)--> |date=n.d. |website= |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=3 October 2014 |archive-date=3 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903164833/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/narrative |url-status=dead }}</ref> A common term for narrative is '''plot'''. The study on structure in narratives is called [[narratology]]. ==Related pages== *[[Narrative poetry]] *[[Narrator]] *[[Theme (narrative)]] ==References== {{Wiktionary|narrative}} {{reflist}} {{-}} {{lit-stub}} [[Category:Narratology]]