Narrative text is a kind of text to
retell the story that past tense. The purpose of the text is to entertain or to amuse the readers or listeners
about the story.
introduces main characters in a setting of place and time. It
tells about : the story’s setting , the time when the story happens, and the
main characters of the story.
2. The complications:
tells the problems of the story and how the main characters
solve them. Series of events ( It includes situations, activities, or events
that lead to the climax or complication. )
3. The Resolution:
tells the ending of the story (The complication or
problem is solved here. It shows the end of the story, usually a happy ending
).
A narrative text uses the
simple past tense.
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Common forms of narrative text which are studied in high school are :
O Legend
A legend is a narrative of
human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place
within human history. Typically, a legend is a short, traditional and
historicized narrative performed in a conversational mode. Some define legend
as folktale. The example of legend in narrative text are
·
Sangkuriang
·
Malin
Kundang
·
The
Legend Of Tangkuban Perahu
·
The
Story Of Toba Lake
O Fable
A fabel is a short
allegorical narrative making a moral point, traditionally by means of animal
characters who speak and act like human beings. The example of fable in
narrative text are:
·
Mousedeer
and crocodile.
·
The
Ants and the Grasshopper
O Fairy tale
According to Wikipedia,
fairy tale is an English language term for a type of short narrative
corresponding to the French phrase "conte de fée". A fairy tale
typically features such folkloric characters as fairies, goblins, elves,
trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. The
example of fairy tale in narrative text are:
·
Cinderella
·
Snow
White
·
Pinocchio
·
Beauty
and the beast
·
The
story of Rapunzel
O
Science fiction
According to Basil Davenport.
1955, Science fiction is fiction based upon some imagined development of
science, or upon the extrapolation of a tendency in society. Science fiction is
that class of prose narrative treating of a situation that could not arise in
the world we know. Some examples of science fiction are:
·
To
the Moon from the Earth by Jules Verne
·
Star
ship Trooper by Robert Heinlein
·
A
Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
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Another Kind of Narrative Text
·
Historical
·
Adventure
·
Horror
·
Contemporary
(e.g. personal experience)
·
Mystery
·
Romantic
There are some grammatical
features of narratives, those are:
·
1) Use
of adjectives to build noun groups to describe the people, animals, or things
in the story, such as …. a nice, diligent and kind-hearted man;
·
2) Use
of time connectives and conjunctions to sequence events through time, such
as however, although, later, then;
·
3) Use
of adverbs and adverbial phrases to locate the particular events, such asonce
upon a time, long time ago;
·
4) Use
of past tenses, such as Aji Saka went to the kingdom, measured the size
of the turban ….;
·
5) Use
of action verbs to indicate the actions, such as fleed, explained,
provided, smashed; and
·
6) Use
of saying and thinking verbs to indicate what characters are feeling, thinking,
or saying, such as told, realized, decided.
Example:
The Myth of Malin Kundang
A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra, a woman and her son lived. They were Malin Kundang and her mother. Her mother was a single parent because Malin Kundang's father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang had to live hard with his mother.
Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish in the town.
One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant's ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. He helped the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates. The merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In return the merchant asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. To get a better life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left his mother alone.
Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and was helped by many ship crews loading trading goods. Perfectly he had a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his trading journey, his ship landed on a beach near a small village. The villagers recognized him. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”.
An old woman ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin Kundang’s mother. She wanted to hug him, released her sadness of being lonely after so long time. Unfortunately, when the mother came, Malin Kundang who was in front of his well dressed wife and his ship crews denied meeting that old lonely woman. For three times her mother begged Malin Kundang and for three times he yelled at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her "Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!" After that he ordered his crews to set sail. He would leave the old mother again but in that time she was full of both sadness and angriness.
Finally, enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn't apologize. Malin Kundang just laughed and really set sail.
In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for Malin Kundang to apologize. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship. He fell on a small island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse. Suddenly, he turned into a stone.
Narrative
Analysis on Generic Structure
Many
believe that a story can teach a society certain moral value. Most stories are
build in narrative. Because it is a narrative story, it must consists of
complication. That complication, in fact, is the moral value which like to be
taught.
Orientation; the first paragraph is
set to be the story introduction. Reading the orientation, reader will know
that the story is characterized with Malin Kundang and his mother. Wes Sumatra
is set as the place.
Complication; this is the main element
of narrative story. From the Malin Kundang myth, we know that there are more
than one complication. Many stories are composed with multi complications. They
are minor complication and major complication. When Malin Kundang and her
mother did life hard, it can be the minor complication. this hard life in the
first time was solved by his successful trading as new merchant.
However this narrative sotry is more interesting when we see the major
complication among the participants- Malin Kundang denied his mother after
being successful merchant. In every story, complication must be ended; happy
ending or sad one
Resolution; this is the end of the
story, the sad ending one. Malin Kundang faces his curse of turning into a
stone.
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