Levels of Narrative, according to Mieke Bal:
    story--a particular interpretation of a fabula--no equivalent in Rimmon-Kenan
    text--same as "text" in Rimmon-Kenan
    fabula--same as "story" in Rimmon-Kenan
    ----no equivalent for Rimmon-Kenan's "narration"
Other useful terms: actors=Rimmon-Kenan "characters"--agents, not necessarily human who act or experience events

Mink--Three kinds of understanding--that is, of seeing a group of things as a whole; their characteristic uses
    theoretical
    categorical
    configurational

Labov--

definition of narrative
minimal narrative
narrative statements

characteristics of fully developed  "natural" narratives
    abstract
    orientation
    complication
    evaluation
    result or resolution
    coda
 

Burke, Pentad and Pentadic Imbalance
     narrative requires
        an actor,
        an action,
        a goal or intention,
        a scene,
        and an instrument.

Stories emerge from imbalance among these elements--"a breach or departure from expectation or conventionality."