Narracyjna

Narracyjna is the feminine singular form of the Polish adjective narracyjny, meaning related to narration or narrative. It is used to describe feminine nouns and expresses that something concerns or pertains to the way a story is told. The form appears mainly in literary, film, theatre, and media studies, where precise description of storytelling aspects is needed.

In practice, narracyjna describes elements of storytelling such as perspective, voice, structure, and technique. Common collocations include perspektywa narracyjna (narrative perspective), forma narracyjna (narrative form), technika narracyjna (narrative technique), and konstrukcja narracyjna (narrative construction). The term helps distinguish the storytelling dimensions from non-narrative ones and is frequently found in critical analysis and academic writing.

The adjective has different gendered forms to match the noun it modifies: narracyjna for feminine nouns, narracyjny for masculine nouns, and narracyjne for neuter or plural nouns. This grammatical feature is an important part of Polish morphology and shapes how analysis of storytelling is phrased. While narracyjna appears more often in written criticism and scholarly work, it also occurs in descriptive discussions of novels, films, plays, and other narrative media.

Related concepts include narracja (narration), narratora (narrator), and other forms such as narracyjny and narracyjne, used according to the gender and number of the noun. In English, the closest equivalents are narrative or narrational, depending on context.