narrative text

A narrative text is a structured account of connected events, real or imagined, presented through a sequence of actions, characters, and settings to convey a story.

Aliases (10)

• frame narrative ×2
• prose narrative ×2
• adventure narrative ×1
• autobiographical text ×1
• autobiographical writing ×1
• embedded narrative ×1
• exploration narrative ×1
• frame tale ×1
• hunting narrative ×1
• origin narrative ×1

Instances (14)

• The Arabian Nights ("frame narrative")
• Tenochtitlan founding legend ("origin narrative")
• Norse sagas ("prose narrative")
• Tobit ("adventure narrative")
• Nicholas II diaries ("autobiographical writing")
• Book of Jonah
• Confession of Mikhail Bakunin ("autobiographical text")
• Farthest North ("exploration narrative")
• Acts of the Apostles
• The Canterbury Tales ("frame narrative")
• Green Hills of Africa ("hunting narrative")
• Le Morte d'Arthur ("prose narrative")
• The Hunchback’s Tale ("embedded narrative")
• Confessio Amantis ("frame tale")