ABSTRACT
A narrative or story (Latin, narratio) is a reproduction of an event, real or imaginary, in oral or written form. The word derives from the Latin verb narrare, “to tell,” which is derived from the adjective gnarus, meaning “knowing” or “skilled” (Oxford English Dictionary Online, 2007). A minimal definition of narrative entails someone telling someone else about something that happened. Narrative can be organized in a number of thematic or formal categories, including nonfiction (such as biography, journalism, and historiography), the fictionalization of historical events (such as myth, legend, and historical fiction), and fiction proper (such as literature).
