narrationso

Narrationso is a neologism used in narrative studies to describe a category of storytelling where the act of narration is foregrounded as a constructed process rather than a transparent bridge to content. The term is not widely standardized and appears mainly in theoretical discussions and some digital-media contexts. Etymology is informal; it blends "narration" with a particle that signals emphasis, but no authoritative origin is established.

In practice, narrationso signals techniques that foreground voice construction: polyphonic or multipart narration, shifting or multiple narrators, self-referential commentary, or meta-narrative cues that remind readers or listeners that they are hearing a story. It can occur across media: literature, podcasts, video essays, and interactive media, especially where audience interpretation is shaped by awareness of narrative fabrication.

Because the term is not widely adopted, definitions vary and overlap with existing concepts such as polyphony, unreliable narration, metafiction, and media-specific narration. Some scholars use it as a catch-all descriptor for experiments that foreground narration itself, rather than the events described.

Examples are largely hypothetical or drawn from cases where multiple voices are presented with explicit narratorial awareness: a novel with alternating chapters by distinct characters plus occasional authorial asides; a podcast that interleaves interview voices with host commentary; an interactive narrative that stitches together user-generated recordings.

Overall, narrationso remains an emergent, contested label rather than a settled category, useful for discussing trends in experimental storytelling but requiring careful clarification in each use.