Narrativeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈnæɹətɪv/
• (米国発音, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈnæɹətɪv/
• (米国発音, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛɹətɪv/
• ハイフネーション: nar‧ra‧tive

形容詞

narrative (comparative more narrative, superlative most narrative)

1. Telling a story.
2. Overly talkative; garrulous.
   • 1715, Homer; [Alexander] Pope, transl., “(please specify the book of the Iliad)”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: Printed by W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott between the Temple-Gates, OCLC 670734254:

     But wise through time, and narrative with age.

3. Of or relating to narration.

   the narrative thrust of a film

名詞

narrative (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 narratives)

1. The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
2. That which is narrated.
3. A representation of an event or story.
   • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)‎^[1]:

     Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.

4. (creative writing) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.

   The plot is full of holes, but the narrative is extremely compelling.

   • 2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, in Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet‎^[2], volume 7, DOI:10.11588/rel.2015.0.18512, page 175:

     The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.

派生語

• antenarrative
• antinarrative
• metanarrative
• narrative hook

関連する語

• narrate
• narration
• narrator