narrative

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
narrative/ˈnarətɪv/

▶noun a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

■ the narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue.

■ the practice or art of telling stories.

▶adjective in the form of or concerned with narration.

– derivatives
narratively adverb,
narrativity noun,
narrativize (or narrativise) verb.