ナラタージュ

noun

narratage

A narrative technique in film or literature where a character's voice-over recounts past events, often with a reflective or nostalgic tone. The term is used in Japanese film criticism and literary studies.

• この映えい画がではナラタージュが効こう果か的てきに使つかわれている。

  Narratage is used effectively in this film.

• 小しょう説せつのナラタージュ部ぶ分ぶんが特とくに印いん象しょう的てきだった。

  The narratage sections of the novel were particularly striking.