The phrase "acts of narrative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to specific instances or examples of storytelling or narrative techniques within a text or discourse.
Example: "The novel is filled with acts of narrative that challenge the reader's perception of reality."
Alternatives: "narrative actions" or "narrative events".
The artistry lies in acts of narrative imagination, the ability to take disparate wisps of data and insist that oil must exist in a particular spot and then to entice a company with your enthusiasm.
Using formal acts of narrative in novels, films, and memoir by black American creatives as a launching point, Commander uncovers prevailing tropes that inform her subsequent [End Page 301] readings of the various geographical sites that aim to facilitate a return to Africa.
In fact, just by writing the novel, Sjón says, he was engaging in an act of narrative disruption.
That's what makes the second part of "Sukkwan Island" such a pronounced act of narrative bravery; Vann is like a gambler going all in.
city" (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) Mr. Lamar, a bravura young rapper from Compton, Calif., made his major-label debut a disciplined act of narrative, casting cold light on his experience even as he worked out how to feel about his own survival, often with loose and riveting skill.
In the context of the novel, and the appalling act which preceded that particular bit of narrative, the fictional character's loathing is entirely explicable and understandable.
To practice analyzing what makes an engaging story and asking critical "How?" and "Why?" questions, we will be using the curriculum Voice of Witness developed around excerpts from its Patriot Acts collection of narratives of post 9/11 injustice.
His was a revolution: Of acts over narrative, of state-building over slogans, of pragmatism over posturing.
It's an intriguing starting-point, and one which promises a high-wire act of a narrative.
In my wife's eyes, Jay's appearance and the themes of reconciliation explicit in the final act of the narrative grant him absolution from his crimes.
"That's why the most important sentence in a murder mystery isn't the one starting 'The murderer is…' – which no matter how necessary and fabulously executed is an act of unspeakable narrative winnowing – but is the snarled expostulation halfway through: 'Everyone's a suspect.' Quite.
