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A '''narrative''' or story is created in a variety of formats - written, spoken, poetry, prose, images, song, [[theater]] or [[dance]] that describe a sequence of [[fiction]]al or non-fictional events.  It derives from the [[Latin]] verb ''narrare'', which means "to recount" and is related to the adjective ''gnarus'', meaning "'''knowing'''" or "'''skilled'''". (Ultimately derived from the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] root ''gnō-'', "to know".[http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE177.html]  The word "story" may be used as a synonym of "narrative", but can also be used to refer to the sequence of events described in a narrative.  A narrative can also be told by a character within a larger narrative.  An important part of narration is the ''narrative mode''.

A '''narrative''' or story is created in a variety of formats - written, spoken, poetry, prose, images, song, [[Theatre|theater]] or [[dance]] that describe a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events.  It derives from the [[Latin]] verb ''narrare'', which means "to recount" and is related to the adjective ''gnarus'', meaning "'''knowing'''" or "'''skilled'''". (Ultimately derived from the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] root ''gnō-'', "to know".[http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE177.html]  The word "story" may be used as a synonym of "narrative", but can also be used to refer to the sequence of events described in a narrative.  A narrative can also be told by a character within a larger narrative.  An important part of narration is the ''narrative mode''.

Along with [[exposition]], [[argumentation]] and [[description]], narration, broadly defined, is one of four [[rhetoric|rhetorical modes]] of [[discourse]].  More narrowly defined, it is the fiction-writing mode whereby the narrator communicates directly to the reader.

Along with exposition, argumentation, and description, narration, broadly defined, is one of four [http://www.institute.daynal.org/archives/extended_reference/humanities/lang/rhetorica.html rhetorical modes] of [[discourse]].  More narrowly defined, it is the fiction-writing mode whereby the narrator communicates directly to the reader.

Stories are an important aspect of [[culture]].  Many works of [[art]], and most works of [[literature]], tell stories; indeed, most of the [[humanities]] involve stories.

Stories are an important aspect of [[culture]].  Many works of [[art]], and most works of [[literature]], tell stories; indeed, most of the [[humanities]] involve stories.

== Psychological narrative ==

== Psychological narrative ==

Within [http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/V038 philosophy of mind], the [[social sciences]] and various clinical fields including medicine, narrative can refer to aspects of human [[psychology]].[http://web.lemoyne.edu/~hevern/narpsych/nrintro.html Introduction and general overview. Narrative psychology: Internet and resource guide]. A personal narrative process is involved in a person's sense of personal or cultural [[identity]], and in the creation and construction of [[memory|memories]], and is thought by some to be the fundamental [[nature]] of the self. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a729208757~db=all~jumptype=rss Redemptive Self: Narrative Identity in America Today] The breakdown of a coherent or positive narrative has been implicated in the development of [[psychosis]] and other mental disorders, and its repair said to play an important role in journeys of recovery. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1949240 From narrative wreckage to islands of clarity: Stories of recovery from psychosis].  

Within [http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/V038 philosophy of mind], the [[Social Sciences|social sciences]] and various clinical fields including medicine, narrative can refer to aspects of human [[psychology]].[http://web.lemoyne.edu/~hevern/narpsych/nrintro.html Introduction and general overview. Narrative psychology: Internet and resource guide]. A personal narrative process is involved in a person's sense of personal or cultural [[identity]], and in the creation and construction of [[memory|memories]], and is thought by some to be the fundamental [[nature]] of the self. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a729208757~db=all~jumptype=rss Redemptive Self: Narrative Identity in America Today] The breakdown of a coherent or positive narrative has been implicated in the development of [[psychosis]] and other mental disorders, and its repair said to play an important role in journeys of recovery. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1949240 From narrative wreckage to islands of clarity: Stories of recovery from psychosis].  

===Other specific applications===

===Other specific applications===

* [[Narrative poetry]] is poetry that tells a story.

* [[Narrative poetry]] is poetry that tells a story.