The mystery contains more dialogue than narrative.
The narrative provided some eye-opening social commentary on the state of the country.
Even his everyday speech was an off-the-cuff, tangential, disjointed narrative.
The old man's narrative was punctuated by coughs.
The narrative more suitable for a novel is too complex for a short story.
narrative of events at a particular time
I like the narrative of this story.
I read only the narrative from that meeting. (Ja czytałem tylko relację z tamtego spotkania.) His narrative is rather slow and boring. (Jego narracja jest raczej powolna i nudna.)