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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

Traditionally, conflict is a major element of narrative or dramatic structure that creates challenges in a story by adding uncertainty as to whether the...

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

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...

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

The Narratives of Empire series is a heptalogy of historical novels by Gore Vidal, published between 1967 and 2000, which chronicle the dawn-to-decadence...

Personal narrative (PN) is a prose narrative relating personal experience usually told in first person; its content is nontraditional. "Personal" refers...

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

A visual narrative (also visual storytelling) is a story told primarily through the use of visual media. This can be images in the mind, digital, and...

Dominant narratives, sometimes called dominant cultural narratives, are frequently-repeated stories that are shared in society through various social...

Narrative paradigm is a communication theory conceptualized by 20th-century communication scholar Walter Fisher. The paradigm claims that all meaningful...

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

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...

Captivity narratives are usually stories of people captured by enemies whom they consider uncivilized, or whose beliefs and customs they oppose. The best-known...