Narrativethat
Narrativethat is a term used in some strands of narrative theory to describe a focus on propositions embedded in discourse through that-clauses within a narrative. In this framing, events and motives are analyzed not only by what they show but by the that-clauses that assert or imply them.
Etymology and scope: The word combines narrative with that, highlighting the grammatical device central to the
Analytical focus: Researchers using narrativethat examine how that-clauses function to indicate belief, reliability, or inference, and
Examples: A novel might foreground that-clauses to reveal a narrator's confidence, e.g., that the city is safe,
Relation and critique: Narrativethat intersects with reported speech, indirect discourse, metafiction, and epistemic stance. Critics caution