The recent boom in inter- and transcultural narrative theory has been unmatched by hardly any other growth in literary and cultural theory. It has affected not only languages and literatures, but also further subjects in the humanities and social sciences. The de Gruyter dictionary Narrative Theory is a reference work and tool for navigating the ramifications of this field in which now even specialists are having difficulty in finding their bearings. The dictionary presents a concise account of the present state of the art in the most important narratological approaches developed over the last 15 years. The specially commissioned articles give an introduction to the theoretical foundations and presuppositions, central concepts and analytical categories, models and methods of these approaches.