Strictly speaking, there is a difference between the underlying concepts found in ancient 'monogatari' and the concepts which were imported in modern times called a 'narrative' or 'story' in English but also translated as 'monogatari.'
また古代の「物語」の傾向から看取できる概念と、近代になって輸入された「ナラティブ」・「ストーリー」といった「物語」と訳された概念の間にも、厳密には差があるといえよう。