"narrative opens" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when introducing the opening of a story or other narrative, such as a book, movie, or play. For example: "The narrative opens with a small family gathered around a campfire in the middle of a dark forest."
The narrative opens with two mighty empires facing one another.
The narrative opens with the refrain "Now we know".
Halberstam's narrative opens with what many Americans considered the successful outcome of the Persian Gulf war.
Her narrative opens in ancient Greece, with Hippocrates, who published his ethnography of the known world around 400 B.C.
The narrative opens in Newgate prison, 1756, where a pregnant Tully is being held for attempted murder.
The Beast is the sitting president as the narrative opens, a physically imposing bully and "strongman" leader who appeals to the authoritarian streak in those he rules over.
The show's narrative opened with World War II.
When taking this approach it is not the objective to "guess" the participants' intentions with what is narrated, but instead to present what the text (the narratives) opens for, between the text and the interpreter [ 36] p. 152, [ 38] p. 70: The analysis of the narratives was carried out at three levels.
I look forward to this show's final chapter, "Narratives," opening Thursday.
It makes franchise films even harder to trust and respect, with their narratives opening up to soapy revelations that bend laws of nature to make a quick buck.
A memorial Facebook page created by Mr. Said's friends was one of the sites that carried the call to rebellion that toppled Mr. Mubarak from power; and Mr. Abdalla's film, spotlighting the Alexandria underground art scene and its real-life narratives, opened in theaters as the uprising started, helping to keep up the momentum.
