historical narrative
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhistoricalandnarrative
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historical
adjective
uk/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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narrative
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈnær.ə.tɪv/us/ˈner.ə.t̬ɪv/
a story or a description of a series ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandnarrativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhistorical narrative
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He incorporates peasant customs, family life, and folktales in hishistoricalnarrative.
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This olderhistoricalnarrativeof the shift from precolonial to colonial legal practice has been challenged recently.
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That story must, finally, be ahistoricalnarrativewhich includes memories of the group's past and a vision for its future (p. 6).
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At another level, the omission of fundamental components of thehistoricalnarrativecan seriously mislead readers.
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Other scholars' work is consulted as historical data used to construct thehistoricalnarrativeon which the argument was built.
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We are not dealing with a parenthesis within thehistoricalnarrative.
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Green space has rarely been given centre stage in anhistoricalnarrative.
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We are not given a dryhistoricalnarrativemarked by dates but there is care in noting the order of events.
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In their irreconcilability to conventionalhistoricalnarrativelies their veracity.
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This makes each chapter a collection of episodes rather than part of an integratedhistoricalnarrativeand analysis.
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Nonetheless, an emphasis upon these particular contrasts in the material makes sense because it creates a more compellinghistoricalnarrative.
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Around no other of their many categories have clinicians spun such an appealing and popularhistoricalnarrative.
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At the same time, the prose is unfailingly lucid and elegant so that even the non-specialist can easily follow the arguments andhistoricalnarrative.
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They produce a peculiar narrative order, his specific way of creating loyalty in the reader masquerading ashistoricalnarrative.
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Thehistoricalnarrativepresented thus far illustrates otherwise, suggesting that the modernist perspective falls short by creating a false dichotomy between certainty and uncertainty.
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As familiar as this may sound, the author's rerouting ofhistoricalnarrativethrough border territories is fascinating.
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The retelling of thehistoricalnarrativein line with the model (the fourth step) yields both insights and anomalies.
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I would envisage it as complementing rather than replacing a traditionalhistoricalnarrative.
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A theoretical framework is overlaid on thehistoricalnarrative.
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The micro-changes introduced by television have often been overlooked in the broad sweep ofhistoricalnarrative.
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