narrative

Japanese: narrative
narrative


What is a story?
Narratives are generally considered to be the basic element of literature. A story is said to exist when a certain character performs some action and some plot development occurs; on the other hand, a static description of scenery is not considered to be a narrative. Narratives in this sense are found in many so-called heroic epics and ballads. Their characteristic is that the work has a complete beginning, middle, and end, with the actions of a central character at its center.

From "Narrative Literature"

...Although there will be a lack of uniformity, this is unavoidable since the names and classifications of literary genres are inevitably regional. In any case, story is the higher concept, and therefore the conventional approach of equating story with narrative literature is an unfair oversimplification (if we were to translate this into Western languages, perhaps story would be closer to narrative or récit, and narrative literature to romance or roman). The following characteristics can be noted about this narrative literature...

*Some explanations of terms that mention "narrative" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


【物語とは何か】
 物語は,一般に,文学の基本的な要素と考えられている。ある人物がなんらかの行動をなして,なんらかの筋の展開が生ずれば,そこには物語が成立しているとされ,それに対して,静的な景物描写のような場合には物語の成立が認められないのである。この意味での物語は,いわゆる英雄叙事詩やバラードなどのなかにも数多く見いだされる。その特徴は,中心となる人物の行動を軸として,作品が始め,中間,終りからなる完結性をもつことであろう。…

【物語文学】より

…斉一性を欠くことになるが,文学ジャンルの名称や区分は地方性をまぬかれがたい節があるからやむをえない。とにかく物語の方が上位の概念であり,したがって物語=物語文学とするこれまでの方式は事態を不当に単純化しすぎていることになる(あえて西欧語に移せば物語はnarrativeとかrécitに,物語文学はromanceとかromanに近いというべきか)。 この物語文学については,次のような特質を指摘できよう。…

※「narrative」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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