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Narrative Enigma: A question that underpins a story and will (in classical films) or will not (in soap opera) be answered at the conclusion.

Narrative Narration: Narration is the act of telling a sequence of events, often in chronological order. Alternatively, the term refers to any story, whether in prose or verse, involving events, characters, and . . . View Full Definition

Non-Narrative Television: Televisual texts (e.g., news and sports programs, game shows, some commercials) that present reality to us without using conventional narrative structures. Instead, nonnarrative television r . . . View Full Definition

Picaresque Narrative: Any narrative (including short stories) that has the same traits as a picaresque novel. See discussion under picaresque novel.

Slave Narrative: A narrative, often autobiographical in origin, about a slave's life, perhaps including his original capture, his punishments and daily labor, and his eventual escape to freedom. Examples inc . . . View Full Definition

Narrative Image: A particular representation of a program created by advertising and promotion in order to entice viewers.

Narrative Function: A specific action or an attribute of a character in a narrative--according to the narrative theory of V.I. Propp.

Etiological Narrative: Etiology is the branch of philosophy dealing with the origins of things or how things came to be. An etiological narrative in folklore, mythology/religion, or literature is a story that expl . . . View Full Definition

Frame Narrative: The result of inserting one or more small stories within the body of a larger story that encompasses the smaller ones. Often this term is used interchangeably with both the literary techniqu . . . View Full Definition

Narrative: A comment appended to an entry in a journal. It can be used to describe the nature of the transaction, and often in particular, where the other side of the entry went to (or came from).