🖼️ Not telling a story 🎬 No-story work

nonnarrative

8.3

A work that does not tell a story, like some films or poems

noun
/nɒnˈnærətɪv/

Literature

: obra no narrativa

The director's latest film is a nonnarrative that focuses on visual impressions rather than a storyline.

Examples

The director's latest film is a nonnarrative that focuses on visual impressions rather than a storyline.
Some modern art installations are intentionally nonnarrative to encourage personal interpretation.
The poetry collection was praised for its nonnarrative approach, breaking away from traditional storytelling.
The artist created a stunning nonnarrative piece that evokes emotion.
Many modern films are nonnarrative in style.
Some modern art installations are intentionally nonnarrative to encourage personal interpretation.
The poetry collection was praised for its nonnarrative approach, breaking away from traditional storytelling.

Synonyms

antinarrative

vsnonnarrative

Literature

9.9

A book or film that purposely does not follow the usual order of a story

is simply without a story structure rather than intentionally opposing storytelling

Antonyms

narrative

50 4.6

About telling a story in speech or writing

How Narrative

novel

794 2.4

narrative

336 3.9

episodic

5 6.0

nonnarrative

Literature

8.3

Surface Forms

nonnarrative singular

nonnarratives plural

Morphology

nonnarrative = narrative (transparent) = non + narrative

The meaning is directly compositional: 'non-' negates 'narrative', yielding something that does not follow a story structure.

Etymology

Nonnarrative as a noun names a work that does not follow a story, like a film or poem. It comes from non- 'not' and narrative 'story', so it literally means 'not a story'.