Definition
A narrative discourse is a discourse that is an account of events, usually in the past, that employs verbs of speech, motion, and action to describe a series of events that are contingent one on another, and that typically focuses on one or more performers of actions.
Examples
Folk stories
- Stories about real or imagined ancestors, often containing supernatural elements
Historical events
- Stories or accounts about the social and political history of the world and its contacts with the rest of the world
Mythology
- Stories explaining origins, natural phenomena, or social and religious customs, often involving the supernatural
Personal experience
- Accounts of significant events in the life of the narrator or the community
Sources 3
- Longacre 1990, 2
- Larson 1984, 366–367
- Longacre 1983, 3, 5