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narrativa

fiction

noun nar-rah-TEE-vah Rare
Arts & Culture Literature

Origin: From Latin narrativus, from narrare, 'to tell'.

Also means

narrative

Usage Note

Narrativa is the general Italian term for prose fiction — novels, short stories, and similar literary forms. It is more specific than letteratura (literature in general) and does not mean 'narrative' in the abstract sense of 'a narrative account' (for that, use narrazione or racconto). La sezione narrativa of a bookshop is the fiction section.

Examples

"Preferisce la narrativa contemporanea alla poesia."

Natural Translation

She prefers contemporary fiction to poetry.

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