Does narrative include prose and novels?

In a broad sense, yes. Narratives can be divided into broad and narrow senses. Narratives in a broad sense include narrative literary works, such as essays, novels, etc. Narratives in a narrow sense refer to a type of article that focuses on recording people, narrating, describing scenes, and describing things, and narrates and describes the changes and development of people, things, scenes, and things in social life. Common ones include news and communications. , features, reportage, travel notes, diaries, visit notes, memoirs, and some letters, etc.