地じの文ぶん

noun

descriptive part; narrative prose

In literary analysis, the non-dialogue, non-quoted portion of a text; the narrator's descriptive or expository writing, as opposed to characters' spoken lines.

• 小しょう説せつでは、会かい話わ文ぶんと地じの文ぶんを区く別べつして読よむと理り解かいが深ふかまる。

  In novels, distinguishing between dialogue and the descriptive part deepens understanding.