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narratological

narratological

1 9.8
About the structure and features of stories and how they are told
  • adjective
  • /ˌnærəˈtɑlədʒɪkəl/
  • Literature
: narratológico
  • The narratological analysis of the novel revealed its intricate structure and themes.
  • narratological categories
  • narratological work
  • narratological analysis

Examples

  • Postmodernist narrative has been a constant challenge to any standard narratological model.

    Academic text (2004)
  • As we have seen, there was a burst of creative energy in the 1970s and a reinvigoration of narratological studies in the 1990s when the students of the first generation of narratologists started to publish.

    Academic text (2004)
  • His narratological work includes a dozen key essays, the most famous of which are included in the next issue.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The narratological model does not apply with equal felicity to oral storytelling, however.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Work in progress on narrative structure from 1250-1750 will, however, return her to the narratological fold.

    Academic text (2004)
  • One might then go on to ask whether a few well-known narratological scenarios might not also be described within a framework of metalepsis.

    Academic text (2003)
  • For that purpose, I have elsewhere developed a typology and poetics of historical fiction based on five sets of narratological parameters.

    Academic text (2004)
  • As a consequence, second-person fiction helps to deconstruct standard categories of narratological inquiry.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Includes narratological examinations of Collins's works and his infusion of a quest theme into his novels.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The application of these narratological criteria yields more differentiated and systematic possibilities of typological classification than those achieved using previous models.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

narrative
vsnarratological
46 4.6

About telling a story in speech or writing

focuses on the analysis of story structure and features rather than the story itself

Surface Forms

narratological positive

Morphology

narratological = narratology (opaque) = narrat + ology + ical

The word is a regular adjective in -ical built on the specialized noun narratology, but its meaning is not easily recoverable for an average learner.

Etymology

Narratological comes from the root narrat- meaning 'to tell', as in narrate and narrative, plus the ending -logy meaning 'study'. So, narratological is about the study or structure of storytelling, which is why we use it for the parts and ways a story is told.