•“a narrative, in its
most basic form, requires at lest three elements: 1) an original state of affairs, 2)
an action or event, and 3) the consequent state of affairs.”
»a narrow
definition of narrative, Czarniawska
1998
•the distinct events themselves do not make much sense; for them to
become a narrative, they
require a plot, that is, some way to bring them into a meaningful whole
»Czarniawska 1998
»
•it has been claimed that the narrative is the main mode of human knowledge
»J. Bruner,
1986, 1990
•and the main mode of human communication
»Fisher, 1984,
1987