Meanings
nounnarratology (countable and uncountable, plural narratologies)
plural narratologies
- countableuncountableThe study of narrative structure.
Origin
- Frenchnarratologie
- Englishnarratology
From narrate + -ology, after French narratologie.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan narratologia
- narratologiathe study of narrative structure
Chinese Mandarin 敘事學 /叙事学
- 敘事學 /叙事学 (xùshìxué)the study of narrative structure
Dutch narratologie
- narratologiethe study of narrative structure
Finnish narratologia
- narratologiathe study of narrative structure
French narratologie
- narratologiethe study of narrative structure
German Erzähltheorie, Narratologie
- Erzähltheoriethe study of narrative structure
- Narratologiethe study of narrative structure
Greek αφηγηματολογία
- αφηγηματολογία (afigimatología)the study of narrative structure
Hungarian narratológia
- narratológiathe study of narrative structure
Italian narratologia
- narratologiathe study of narrative structure
Lithuanian naratologija
- naratologijathe study of narrative structure
Polish narratologia
- narratologiathe study of narrative structure
Portuguese narratologia
- narratologiathe study of narrative structure
Russian нарратоло́гия
- нарратоло́гия (narratológija)the study of narrative structure
Spanish narratología
- narratologíathe study of narrative structure
Cite this entry
APA
narratology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narratology
MLA
“narratology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narratology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “narratology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narratology.
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