diegesis
\Di`e*ge"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to narrate; dia` through + ? to lead.] A narrative or history; a recital or relation.

récit
(a) account; story; narrative genre, theatrical monologue; (Music) solo; faire le ~ de to give an account of

histoire
(a) story; (Infml) business, carry-on; (Infml) des ~s trouble; ~ de fous shaggy-dog story; ~ marseillaise tall story, fisherman's tale; ~s de revenant ghost stories; raconter des ~s à qn to pull sb's leg(b) l'~ history; pour la petite ~ just for the record