Narratiiviset

Narratiiviset is a Finnish adjective meaning “narrative” or “story-based.” It is used to describe content, features, or approaches that pertain to the construction and presentation of a story or sequence of events. The form is the plural nominative; the singular form is narratiivinen.

Etymology and usage: The term originates in Finnish from the loanword narrative, formed with the standard -inen suffix to produce adjectives. It appears across disciplines that analyze or produce stories, including literature, cinema and media studies, sociology, and psychology. In scholarly writing it often labels elements that relate to how events are ordered, told, and interpreted.

Common usage: Phrases such as narratiiviset piirteet (narrative features), narratiiviset rakenteet (narrative structures), narratiiviset kertomukset (narrative accounts), and narratiiviset tutkimusmenetelmät (narrative research methods) show how it functions to describe content or methods that foreground storytelling. The related noun narratiivisuus denotes narrativity; the adverbial form is narratiivisesti.

Applications: In literary analysis, film studies and qualitative research, narratiiviset approaches emphasize story-driven organization, character perspectives, or the interpretive meaning of personal narratives. In clinical or social contexts, narratiiviset terapiamenetelmät and narratiivinen tutkimus label methods that organize experiences as stories, often to understand identity, memory, and meaning.

See also: Narratology, Narrative theory, narrative therapy.