NARRATIVE TEXT

A narrative text is a text that tells a story.

The Purpose of this text is to amuse, entertain, and to deal with actual or various experience in different ways. Narrative always deal with some problems which leadto the climax and then into a solutation to the problem.

The Generic Structur

In a traditional Narrative the focus of the text is on a series of action       :

v  Orientation : ( introdution ) in which the caracter, setting and time of the story are established.

v  Complication or Problem : The complication ussualy involves the main character(s).

v  Resolution  : There needs to be a resolution of the complication. The complication may be resolved for better or worse/happily or unhappily. Sometimes there are number of complication that have to be resolved. These add and sustain interest and suspence for the reader.

Kinds of the narrative text :

1. Folktales ( dongeng)
2. Fable ( dongeng binatang)
3. Fairytales
4. Legend
5. Myth

Language Features:

•     The language:

  Normally past tense but it may change immediately when dialogues appear (into Present

      Tense or Future Tense)
-Use of material, verbal, mental process, relational process
-Use of descriptive language ( a big empty house, the room is very large)
-Use of time connectors (then, finally, first, next, once upon time, etc.)
-Dialogue (direct sentence may be included)
-The story may be sad ending or happy ending
-The use of thinking verbs, feeling verbs, verbs of senses (She felt hungry, she thought she

      was clever, she smelt something burning)
-The use of saying verbs (say, tell, ask)

Example of Narrative Text :

"Snow White"

 Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead. One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White. Snow White did not want her Uncle and Aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods. Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep. Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, “what is your name?” Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.” Doc, one of the dwarfs, said, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.