Narrata

Narrata is the feminine past participle of the Italian verb narrare and is used as an adjective meaning “told” or “narrated.” It typically modifies feminine nouns, as in la vicenda narrata or i fatti narrati. The masculine form is narrato, and the participle commonly appears in phrases such as narrata dal testimone.

In literary and critical contexts, narrata can refer to the content of what is recounted by a narrator—the events or story as presented—distinguished from the act of narrating itself (narrazione) or from the underlying sequence of events (fabula in some analyses). The expression "fatti narrati" denotes the events that are told within the text.

Usage and scope: narrata is primarily used as an attributive adjective rather than a standalone noun. It appears across journalism, criticism, and academic prose to describe the portion of a narrative that has been conveyed to the reader or listener. Its value lies in signaling that the described material is presented as recounted by a narrator, rather than as an directly observed fact.

Etymology: narrata derives from the Latin narrare, to tell or relate, and follows regular Italian participle formation.

See also: narrazione, narratore, fabula, narrato, storia narrata.