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narratorial

narratorial

8.3
Relating to the voice that tells a story
  • adjective
  • /nəˈrætərɪəl/
  • Literature
translation icon : narratorial
  • The novel's unique narratorial style enhances the reader's connection to the characters.
  • narratorial discourse
  • narratorial comment
  • narratorial voice

Examples

  • Virginia Woolf parodies this narratorial intrusion in Orlando by reiterating secrets that the reader already knows.

    Academic text (2003)
  • But it is not with this rather overbearing narratorial comment that The Magician's Nephew ends.

    Academic text (2001)
  • We will return to this narratorial control at the end of our essay.

    Academic text (2009)
  • In this case, there is no narratorial nor authorial control.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The split voice of a racially divided culture becomes, in this novel, the separation of the narratorial focus into three separate speaking subjects.

    Academic text (2005)
  • In this case, the story becomes a function of the narratorial discourse; its separate existence (and truth) are denied.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Moreover, the constant, subtle change in points of view, while allowing for minimal narratorial interference, results in semantic confusion.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The rhetorical approach allows highlighting the stylistic discursivity of narratorial performance.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Both the aspects of narratorial indirectness and the issue of context-sensitivity deserve further attention with regard to the representation of madness.

    Academic text (2009)
  • One can agree with Darby that "narratorial comments" (Structures 71), in the sense of straightforward evaluative diction, are "extremely infrequent."

    Academic text (2009)

Synonyms

narrative
vsnarratorial
50 4.6

About telling a story in speech or writing

focuses on the person telling the story rather than the story form
narrational
vsnarratorial
  • Literature
6.8

Relating to the way a story is told

focuses on the person who tells the story rather than the process
storytelling
vsnarratorial
3.5

A way of telling a story that keeps people interested

focuses on the person who tells stories rather than the methods

How Narrated

narratorial
  • Literature
8.3
silent
397 1.0

Surface Forms

narratorial positive

Morphology

narratorial = narrator (transparent) = narrator + ial

The adjective is a direct adjectival formation from 'narrator' with a standard suffix '-ial', so its meaning 'relating to a narrator' is predictable from the base.

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'.