Narratives can be presented through a sequence of written or spoken words, through still or moving images, or through any combination of these. The word...

The Narrative (or Narrative) is an American independent indie rock band from Long Island, New York, formed in 2008. They are currently based in Nashville...

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...

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

or message within a narrative. Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept is what readers "think the work is about" and its...

The climax (from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax) 'staircase, ladder') or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama, or...

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

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. The causal events...

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

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...

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 narrative technique (also, in fiction, a fictional device) is any of several storytelling methods the creator of a story uses, thus effectively relaying...

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, written in 1838, is the only complete novel by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The work relates the...

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...

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

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by African-American orator and former...

The slave narrative is a type of literary genre involving the (written) autobiographical accounts of enslaved persons, particularly Africans enslaved...

narrative, or meta-narrative and grand narrative; French: métarécit or grand récit) is an overarching narrative about smaller historical narratives,...

The narrative mode, which is sometimes also used as synonym for narrative technique, encompasses the set of choices through which the creator of the story...

Narrative traffic is data communications consisting of plain or encrypted messages written in a natural language and transmitted in accordance with standard...

A networked narrative, also known as a network narrative or distributed narrative, is a language partitioned across a network of interconnected authors...

The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity, told in the Book of Genesis ch. 1–2. While the Jewish and Christian...

The Genesis flood narrative (chapters 6–9 of the Book of Genesis) is a Hebrew flood myth. It tells of God's decision to return the universe to its pre-creation...

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

backdrop) is the time and geographic location within a narrative, either non-fiction or fiction. It is a literary element. The setting initiates the main backdrop...

Narrative bias, also known as narrative information bias, is a cognitive bias that skews perceptions towards information contained in individual narratives...

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789 in London, is the autobiography of Olaudah...

The premise of a text such as a book, film, or screenplay is the initial state of affairs that drives the plot. Most premises can be expressed very simply...

Narrative psychology is a perspective in psychology concerned with the "storied nature of human conduct", that is, how human beings deal with experience...

Narrative inquiry or narrative analysis emerged as a discipline from within the broader field of qualitative research in the early 20th century, as evidence...