The phrase "small narratives" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to brief stories or accounts that convey a particular message or theme.
Example: "In her essay, she explores the power of small narratives to shape our understanding of larger societal issues."
Alternatives: "brief stories" or "short tales".
They were succeeded by small narrative paintings.
Duccio's altarpiece, the "Maestà," contains a large number of small narrative scenes reminiscent of Giotto's fresco paintings.
New England in 2007 form Every year there is always a small narrative that gathers pace suggesting the New England Patriots are past their prime and that the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady era is over.
In folk art, this votive urge found expression in small narrative paintings (only occasionally large, as in Mexico) depicting an accident, illness, or other disaster from which the victim was saved by the intervention of a saint or the Madonna.
A sparkling fountain trickles water to the bottom of the picture, from where it probably fell to thirsting souls in Purgatory on a predella — a strip of small narrative scenes — that was lost sometime before 1568, when a local writer lamented its ruin by restorers with "calves' hands".
There's more to Dennis than initially appears, and, through a series of small narrative turns, he manages to shake off the Danish dreariness — he pries away from Mom's viselike clutches with a lie about a bodybuilding competition in Germany — for the welcoming sun and embracing nights of Thailand.
Opposite the Vallely Colorway wall was a small narrative describing what happened with Bueno Skateboards (R.I.P).
Again and again, Winogrand captured photographs within photographs, smaller narratives within the bigger picture.
I am a sucker for these smaller narratives, crouched and concealed within the larger quest; the problem comes as they start to swell and delay the Vanger plot.
