Literature Discussion Assignment 2: Narrative vs. Stories

Narrative vs. Stories
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December 25, 2017
Stories and Narratives are almost always intertwined in our daily lives. Whether in practice or in definition, both of these concepts happen at the same time. For this reason, it is easy to confuse which one is the narrative and which one is the story. However, based on our readings and other external sources, I realized that while the “story” define the happenings in its regular succession with complete details, the narrative is how the story is delivered CITATION Beend \l 1033 (Beemgee.com, n.d.). In other words, while the story would tell a story from beginning to end, the narrative could go in other ways – such as end to beginning, overlapping stories, plot twists, etc. – and even add ancillary details. As an example, we could look at the concept of a movie. On one hand, for almost every movie there is only one particular story that underlies it. This &lsquo...