noun
narrative writing; descriptive prose
Refers to a style of writing that narrates events or describes scenes, often contrasted with expository or argumentative writing.
この小説は優れた叙事文で書かれている。
This novel is written in excellent narrative prose.
国語の授業で叙事文の書き方を学んだ。
We learned how to write narrative compositions in Japanese class.
説明文 is expository writing that explains or informs, whereas 叙事文 is narrative or descriptive writing.
Compound of 叙事 (じょじ, 'narration') + 文 (ぶん, 'writing'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally used for narrative prose.