NARRATIVE TEXT

NARRATIVE TEXT

1. Definition of Narrative

Narrative text is a text which contains about fantasy, fairy tales, or a true story that has been exaggerated. There is usually a moral to be learned at the end of the story. Example of narrative text can be folk tales, animal stories, legends, myths, short stories, comic, cartoon, and others.

2. The purpose of text

To amuse, entertain, and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways; Narrative deal with problem attic event .

3. Generic Structure of Narrative text

They are:

1)  Orientation: sets the scene and introduction the participants (Character, place and time)

2) Complication: crisis arise.

3) Evaluation: Optional.

4) Resolution or also called solution: The crisis is resolved, for better or for worse.

5) Reorientation: the cover of the story: optional

6) Coda: changes in the figures and the lessons to be learned from the story

Also sometimes there is a complicated storyline and complex, so the structure of the story can be shaped.

4. Language Feature of Narrative Text.

They are:

 a.    Use active verbs.

 b.   Use past tense.       

 c.   Use conjunction.

 d.   The first person (I or We) or the third person (He, She, or They).

 e.   Use specific nouns.

 f.   Use adjective and adverbs

E.     Example:  The Legend of Malin Kundang

ORIENTATION	Once Upon a time, lived a diligent boy named Malin Kundang. He lived in the seashore with his mother. They were very poor, but they lived quiet and harmonious.
COMPLICATION	One day, a big ship closed to the beach near their village. They asked peoples to join work in their ship and went to the cross island. Malin Kundang wanted to join with them because he wanted to improve his familys life. But his mother didnt permit him. She worried to Malin.
RESOLUTION	Malin still kept his argument and finally he sailed with the bigship.
COMPLICATION	Several years later, Malin Kundang succed and he became rich trader. Then, he came to his native village with his beatiful wife, but his wife didnt know Malins real descent. His happy mother quickly approached Malin and brought a plate of village cake, Malins Favorite. But Malin didnt admit that woman as his poor mother, and then he kicked the village cakewhich brought by his mother until scattered.
RESOLUTION	His mother very broken heart because MAlin rebellious to her, who had growth him. Then, his mother cursed Malin became stone.
REORIENTATION AND CODA	Suddenly, the bigship which Malins had was vacillated by a big storm and all of his crewman tossed aside out. Malin realized that was his fault that rebellious his mother. He bowed down and became a stone.

F.     Kinds of Narrative Text:

  A. Myth

A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people.  A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient legend of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical.
example:
- The Myth Of Malin Kundang

B. Legends

Legends also stories that have been made, but they are different from the myth. myth reply questions about the workings of nature, and is set in a time long ago, before written history. Legend of the people and the actions or deeds. People are living in a more recent and is mentioned in history. Stories submitted for the purpose and is based on the facts, but they do not really exist.

example:
- Story Of Lake Tobe

C. Fables

Fables are about animals that can talk and act like a man, or a plant or

forces of nature such as lightning or wind.
Plants may be able to move and speak and natural forces cause things to happen
in the story because of their strength.
example:
- The Wolf and The House Dog

D. Fairy Tales
      Fairy tales are stories written specifically for children, often about magical characters such as elves, fairies, goblins and ogres. Sometimes animal characters.
example:
- Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs