narrativity

English

Etymology

narrative +‎ -ity

Noun

narrativity (uncountable)

1. The presentation (and subsequent interpretation) of a dramatic narrative.
   • 1992, Philip John Moore Sturgess, Narrativity: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

     It is the narrative which contains narrativity, and this narrativity will precisely include the means by which the reader is encouraged to a lesser or greater degree to actively construct the story […]

   • 2004 January 10, Galen Strawson, “Review: Making Stories by Jerome Bruner”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Is any of this true? Do we create ourselves? Is the narrativity view a profound and universal insight into the human condition?