documentary vs narrative

documentary

noun
  • A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner. 

adj
  • Of, related to, or based on documents. 

  • Which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject. 

  • Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter. 

narrative

noun
  • A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view. 

  • The systematic recitation of an event or series of events. 

  • A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work. 

  • That which is narrated. 

adj
  • Of or relating to narration. 

  • Overly talkative; garrulous. 

  • Telling a story. 

How often have the words documentary and narrative occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )