Narrative Text part 2

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Definition of Narrative Text

Narrative text is one type of text that tells about a series of events chronologically and connected to each other. The nature of narrative text is imaginative or in the form of a fictional story (composition) which has the aim of entertaining the reader.

Types of Narrative Text

Narrative has several types that you need to understand. Here's the explanation.

Fable or fable

is a story about animals. For example, The Ugly Duckling, The Country of the Mice, A Bear and A Rabbit, The Cat and The Rat, The Greedy Monkey, A Fox and A Little Bird, The Mouse Deer and Crocodile and so on

Myth or myth

is a myth / myth that developed in the community and is generally considered a factual story or actually happened. For example, Aji Saka and Dewata Cengkar.

Legend or legend,

is a story that tells about the origin of a place. The Legend of Surabaya, The Legend of Prambanan Temple, Story of Lake Toba.

Folktale/ folklore/ folklore

is a story passed down from generation to generation to become part of the community tradition. For example Malin Kundang, Golden eggs.

Fairy tales or fairy tales

are folk tales or children's stories that have magic in the stories told by their authors. For example Timun Mas, Tinker Bell, Tumbelina.

Love story or romance

is a story that tells (generally) the love struggle of the main character or about the love story of the characters. For example, Romeo and Juliet, I'm One of Those Fool Man.

Personal experience

is a narrative text that contains the author's personal experience.

Slice of life

is a story that contains activities or stories that occur in the daily life of the author or imaginative character. For example True friends.

Horror stories

is a type of narrative text that tells scary stories in general, such as ghosts or other astral beings.

Science fiction

is a story that tells about things related to science

Characteristics

After knowing the meaning and types of narrative text, you need to know the characteristics of narrative text, along with its characteristics.

Narrative text tells about a story that happened in the past.

Using nouns or nouns to replace the words animals, people, things in the story. For example the dwarfs, carriage and so on.

Usually, they are stories that are already known by many people and developed in the community. Examples such as The Rabbit and The Turtle, Malin Kundang and so on.

The elements of narrative text consist of setting time, place, story theme, character, atmosphere, conflict and resolution.

Arranged in a simple sequel or several complex sequels.

Language Features

Narrative text also has linguistic elements or language features which consist of 7 elements as follows.

Using the past tense, for example by using verb 3 such as killed, drunk, won, sent and others.

Using adverbs of time, for example when, suddenly, before, until, soon.

Using time conjunctions or time conjunctions, for example after, as soon as, then.

Using specific characters or specific characters, for example Aladin, Rapunzel, Cinderella.

Action verbs or action verbs, for example walked, wrote, bought, talked.

Using direct speech or direct sentences that use the present tense, for example Aladdin says, "she is the one"

Using saying and thinking verbs or verbs that show speech, for example told, said, thought.

Generic Structure of Narrative Text

narrative text (4) Narrative text has three main elements that must be in a narrative text story, along with an explanation.

Orientation, is the initial paragraph that contains the introduction of the characters involved in an event in the story. In addition, orientation contains the place of occurrence and the time of the story.

Complication, consists of paragraphs that explain the beginning of the event or occurrence. The beginning of the incident became a series of storylines which then continued to conflict, climax and anti-climax.

Resolution, is the final part of the story. As the name implies, the third structure of this narrative text contains a solution.

Complication consists of three conflicts, namely

Natural conflict, natural or inter-universe conflict.

Social conflict, conflict between characters or actors.

Psychological conflict, inner conflict or self.

Example of Narrative Text

MALIN KUNDANG

A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra lived a woman and her son, Malin Kundang. Malin Kundang and his mother had to live hard because his father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually goes to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sell the caught fish in the town.

One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant's ship being raided by a band of pirates. With his bravery, Malin Kundang helped the merchant defeat the pirates. To thank him, the merchant allowed Malin Kundang to sail with him. Malin Kundang agreed in the hope to get a better life. He left his mother alone.

Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and a lot of crews who worked loading trading goods. He was also married to a beautiful woman. When he was sailing on his trading journey, his ship landed on a coast near a small village. The local people recognized that it was Malin Kundang, a boy from the area. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”.

An old woman, who was Malin Kundang's mother, ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She wanted to hug him to release her sadness of being lonely after a long time. When his mother came near him, Malin Kundang who was with his beautiful wife and his ship crews denied that she was his mother. She had pleaded Malin Kundang to look at her and admit that she was her mother. But he kept refusing to do it and yelling 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 to leave the old woman who was then full of sadness and anger. Finally, feeling enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn't apologize to her. Malin Kundang just laughed and set sail. Suddenly a thunderstorm came in the quiet sea, wrecking his huge ship. He was thrown out to a small island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse; he had turned into a stone.

Taken with adaptation from: http://understandgtext.blogspot.com/2009/05/ narrative-analysis-on-malin-kundang.html

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