noun
- the study of narrative structure and the ways stories are constructed and understood
Usage: academic; literary theory
Examples
- The professor’s course in narratology examined how different cultures tell stories.
- Narratology helps us understand the techniques authors use to engage readers.
- Her dissertation applied narratology to analyze modern graphic novels.
- The field of narratology emerged in the 1960s from structuralist literary theory.
- Students of narratology learn to identify plot devices and narrative perspectives.
- Narratology provides tools for analyzing both written and oral storytelling traditions.