NARRATIVE TEXT

Hello! I am back again with a new post entitled "Narrative Text"!

NARRATIVE TEXT is a text which contains a story either written or unwritten, and there is a series of interconnected events that have the purpose to entertain people.

Narrative text has a structure like this:

Orientation : it is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced. (provides an introduction to the characters, place and time of the story such as 'who' or 'what', 'when' and 'where')

Complication : where the problems in the story developed. (problems arise / start going and growing)

Resolution : where the problems in the story is solved. The problem is well finished "happy ending" or worse "bad ending".

Here are examples of the types of narrative text :

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.

Example : The legend of tangkuban perahu, The story of toba lake

Fable : a fable is a short allegorical narrative making a moral point, traditionally by means of animal characters who speak and act like human beings.

Example : The smartest parrot, The story of monkey and crocodile, The bear and rabbit

Fairy tale : a fairy tale typically features such folkloric characters as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments

Example : cinderella, Pinocchio, Beauty and the beast

Science fiction : 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.

Example : To the moon from the earth by jules verne, Starship trooper by robert heinlein, A space odyssey by arthur c. Clarke

Example of narrative text:

The smartest parrot

Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was catano.

The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot would not say catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say catano however the bird kept not saying the word.

At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “you stupid bird!” Pointed the man to the parrot. “why can’t you say the word? Say catano! Or i will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “say catano or i’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the word of catano.

One day after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner “you are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them” said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “you know, i will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, i will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.

The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken; “say catano or i’ll kill you”.