Used in literary or academic contexts to describe works that tell a story or depict events in detail, such as epic poems or narrative prose.
He is good at writing epic poems.
This novel has strong narrative elements.
Formed from 叙事 (じょじ, 'narration' or 'description') + the adjectival suffix 的 (てき, '-like' or '-ic'). The base 叙事 is a Sino-Japanese compound of 叙 (じょ, 'relate' or 'describe') and 事 (じ, 'matter' or 'event').