This study fills three of the most serious gaps in narrative theory and analysis of fiction. Firstly, it provides the long overdue, first genuinely comprehensive model of literary narrative (-fiction-). Its -structuralist-generative- nature allows to integrate the findings of most major theorists of the twentieth century. The model is explained in detail and illustrated by a fold-out chart. Secondly, in contrast to structuralist narrative theory, the model is not a mere inventory of the various -units- of which a work of fiction consists. Rather, it elucidates the dynamic interplay of the literary narrative's various content -components- and discourse -aspects- which convey its thematic idea. Thirdly, the feasibility of the model is extensively demonstrated by the (selective) analysis of several short stories, a novella and a novel. - In the appendix, a student paper shows the model's heuristic--didactic- power at the level of advanced literary studies."