narratorial
- adjective
- /nəˈrætərɪəl/
- Literature
- The novel's unique narratorial style enhances the reader's connection to the characters.
- narratorial discourse
- narratorial comment
- narratorial voice
Examples
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Virginia Woolf parodies this narratorial intrusion in Orlando by reiterating secrets that the reader already knows.
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But it is not with this rather overbearing narratorial comment that The Magician's Nephew ends.
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We will return to this narratorial control at the end of our essay.
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In this case, there is no narratorial nor authorial control.
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The split voice of a racially divided culture becomes, in this novel, the separation of the narratorial focus into three separate speaking subjects.
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In this case, the story becomes a function of the narratorial discourse; its separate existence (and truth) are denied.
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Moreover, the constant, subtle change in points of view, while allowing for minimal narratorial interference, results in semantic confusion.
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The rhetorical approach allows highlighting the stylistic discursivity of narratorial performance.
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Both the aspects of narratorial indirectness and the issue of context-sensitivity deserve further attention with regard to the representation of madness.
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One can agree with Darby that "narratorial comments" (Structures 71), in the sense of straightforward evaluative diction, are "extremely infrequent."
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
About telling a story in speech or writing
Relating to the way a story is told
A way of telling a story that keeps people interested
How Narrated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Narratorial comes from the Latin verb narrare, which means 'to tell'. Think of familiar words like narrator and narrate; narratorial describes the voice or choices of the person who tells a story, so it means 'relating to telling a story'.