Through narrative we
•configure space and
time
•deploy cohesive
devices
•reveal identity of
actors
•relate actions across
scenes
•make sense of social
situations
•understand
history
•remember
•argue
•convince
•engage and entertain
Narrative in a Broader Sense
Narrative in a more general sense is story-telling, ordering and making sense of the
raw data of experience
through relating events together in a meaningful sequence. Central to narrating is the act of ordering for a number of different purposes