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Not really. Narrative is narrative and even in first person it's about the story, not just the character, otherwise there would be no need for narrative at all. You'd have dialogue and inner dialogue and nothing else. Narrative is a step back from the character -- imagine an action sequence purely in the character's voice. Perspective, yes. Voice? Hardly.
Yes, really. Narrative in first person is most definitely NOT a step back from character. Narrative in first person is teh character telling us a story, exactly as we sit down and tell a story to our friends.
This is all first person is. It's someone who sits down across teh campfire from us, or across teh kitchen table, cup of coffee in hand, and who then tells us the story of what happened to him.
A first person character can be no one but himself, even in narrative. He cannot think, believe, act, or speak like anyone in the world other than who he is. If he does, then he is no longer speaking, the writer is, and this is always bad.