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In narratology, the term the disnarrated describes events in a story that did not happen, but could have, and are referred to in a text in a "negative or hypothetical mode."

Origin of the term
Gerald Prince article

Examples of the disnarrated
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Use in narrative theory
analyzing the narratives of children receiving pediatric oncology treatment and their parents

Brian Richardson described the theory of the disnarrated as one of several "ingenious accounts" in narrative theory that "extend or exceed the boundaries of their earlier formulations."