Narrative
Narrative is the recounting of a succession of events.
Many narratives are fictional,
including epics and novels, but narrative can include
nonfiction such as history and autobiography. Narratives
needn't be in prose: epics, for
instance, are narrative verse.
Narratives are not always told in sequence. Many stories start
in medias res, and jump
about chronologically.
From the Guide to Literary Terms by Jack Lynch.
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