first-person narrative; I-novel style
A literary term for a story told from the first-person perspective, often associated with the Japanese 'I-novel' (私小説) tradition. Used in literary criticism and discussion of narrative styles.
This novel is written in a first-person narrative style.
First-person narration gives the reader a sense of intimacy.
Compound of 私 (watashi, 'I') and 語り (katari, 'telling'). The reading わたしがたり follows the rendaku voicing of かたり to がたり in compounds.