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In which fictional narrative is the protagonist a perpetually confused idealist with romantic yearnings?

narrative

[nar-uh-tiv] / ˈnær ə tɪv /




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The company also pushed back against the narrative that external AI agents could be negatively impacting the company’s ad business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

"The game's opening cinematic utilises some real world news coverage to establish the game's fictional narrative."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Julian Fellowes’s 19th-century drama is still a festival of overacting and narrative absurdity, yet it feels increasingly clever in its theatricality—and Carrie Coon remains a marvel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

There are dozens off the top of my head, released this decade alone, that should’ve been in contention — documentaries as important and memorable, if not more, than the narrative movies nominated in the category.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

At no time as the narrative unfolded did anyone stumble or freeze or look lost.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

The Canadian developer specialising in role-playing games was founded in 1995 and found millions of fans with its complex, branching narratives.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

They aren’t phased by narratives designed to devalue their accolades and their acumen.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

In part, this is a response to the fallacies of narrative, or at least of narratives that are imposed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Yet the entrepreneur who meticulously supervised the creations of her dolls’ narratives comes through in this book as a thoroughly American protagonist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

A later development was the idea of terminal narratives, which were theories put forth to explain colonization of the Americas.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz


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