Narratology deals with common minimum patterns or styles or structures in two or more systems. for example, in cultural studies, we can have multiple similar narratives from folk, cult, myth, heritage, or religion. This can be used in the convergence of media.

Glenford Franca

There is plenty of research on narratology whether from a purely critical or even linguistic and discourse perspective. Your data and hypothesis decide whether you adopt a qualitative, quantitative or an elective approach. As to your reading list , I’d recommend you start with the works of Vladimir Propp, Gerard Genette , Gerald Prince, Seymour Chatman, Chapman, Monica Fludernik, Jonathan Culler, etc. Then, you can move up to Roland Barthes, Julie Kristeva, Todorov, Bakhtin, and others. Best wishes

Please have a look at the following cite:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/nursing-and-health-professions/narrative-research

Arthur Danto relates "narratology "to the way language conveys the story of the literary work ,through the characters.

For relevant literary theory I recommend Gerard Genette's __Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method__

It depends on what you are working ,can you identify exactly what subject-matter you want to write on?

In literary discourse, by and large, focusing on the narrative aspect of a literary text, ontologically or epistemologically, came under the category of narratology. If you are looking for a pure theoretical framework, first of all you have to determine either it is a realistic, modern or postmodern text. Best.@

Gerard Genette is a good start, a must, I believe. You could also find author Mieke Bal. It helped me a lot in my research on suspense building.