Narrative Text

 NARRATIVE TEXT

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a.        Social Function      :

ü  To amuse and entertain the readers, and to educate and give moral values.

ü  To amuse, entertain and to deal with the actual or vicarious experience in different ways; Narratives deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.

     Ada beberapa jenis teks narratif. Ada yang bersifat imajiner, terkadang bisa juga faktual (kejadian sesungguhnya), cerita dongeng (fairy stories), cerita misteri, science fiction, roman, dan lain-lain.

b.        Generic Structure

1. Orientation

ü  Sets the scene and introduces the participants (who,what,where).

Menyebutkan orang atau benda yang melakukan /terlibat dan juga menyatakan waktu, tempat, situasi.

2. Complication

ü     Presents  crisis

Konflik(permasalahan)

3. Resolution     

ü     Signs that the crisis is resolved

Pemecahan masalah

4. Re-orientation

ü     Closes the story

Kesan / perasaan

 

Narrative text is organized focusing on character orientation. It is build using descriptive familiar language and dialogue. There are some genres of literary text which fit to be classified as narrative text. 

Some of them are:

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• Folktales, it includes fables, legend, myth, or realistic tales
• Mysteries, fantasy, science or realistic fiction

Commonly, the narrative text is organized by the story of grammar. It will be the beginning, middle, and end of the story. To build this story's grammar, the narrative text needs a plot. This plot will determine the quality of the story. The plot is a series of episodes which hold the reader’s attention while they are reading the story.

Conflict is the main important element of the plot. This conflict among the characters will drive the story's progress. In this conflict, readers will be shown how the characters face the problem and how they have the ability to handle that problem.

 

Part Function

Setting                           : To introduce ‘where’ and ‘when’ of the story

Characters                      : To  introduce  the  people  –  main  characters  and  others  –

who was involved in the story?

Complication                 :To introduce problems that the characters face

Action                            : To  present  how  the  characters  find  solutions  to  the

problems

Ending                           :To conclude the story or how the story ends

Fungsi-fungsi sosial dan tata bahasa serta kosa kata yang terkait dalam teks Naratif adalah sebagai berikut:

1.      Describing characteristics, appearance: adjectives

2.      Expressing time:   in the beginning, one day, soon.

3.      Expressing sequence:  firstly, secondly, next, after, before.

4.      Expressing cause and effect: so, therefore.

Ciri lain yang penting untuk teks Naratif adalah:

1.      Penggunaan direct speech

2.      Ilustrasi untuk mendukung teks.

Example of Narrative Text 1 :

BAWANG MERAH BAWANG PUTIH

A long time ago, in a nice quiet village, there lived a wealthy merchant, he lived together with his daughter who was named Bawang Putih. This merchant's wife had long since passed away.

One day, as he came home from traveling, he brought a woman and her daughter along with him. He wanted to marry this woman. So, Bawang Putih now had a stepmother and a stepsister

who is named Bawang Merah.

One day, Bawang Putih's father returned home and fell ill. He was very ill and Bawang Putih was very sad because of it. She never left her father alone. However, God decided differently.

Bawang Putih's father died.

Bawang Putih's life was miserable after her father died. She no longer had her father to love and comfort her. Her stepmother and Bawang Merah further tortured her. Bawang Putih tried to be

patient but sometimes she would cry at night.

One day, Bawang Putih went to the river to wash clothes. She was sleepy and hungry, her body was weak. Then there was an old woman who gave her a pumpkin. Bawang Putih took the knife

and split the pumpkin. What a surprise, the pumpkin was full of sparkling and expensive jewelry.

Knowing this, the next day, the stepmother and Bawang Merah went to the river. They wanted to ask same pumpkin as Bawang Putih’s. An old woman gave them it but in one condition they should open it at home.

Bawang Merah and her mother, do not obey the advice of the grandmother. On the way, the stepmother splits the big pumpkin. They were impatient to get the jewelry. However, they were

in for quite a surprise. Because inside the pumpkin were venomous animals, such as snakes,

scorpions, spiders, and centipedes. They were both bitten by a snake. Because they are still in the middle of the forest, no one came to help them. The stepmother and Bawang Merah died from the snakebite. Their greed brought them to disaster.

Meanwhile,  Bawang  Putih  lives  happily  ever  after.  The  jewelry given  by  the  old grandmother making her rich. She continued her father's business and enjoyed the fruits of her

obedience and kindness.

     Example of Narrative Text 2:

CINDERELLA

Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Cinderella. She lived with her stepmother and two stepsisters. The stepmother and sisters were conceited and bad-tempered. They treated Cinderella very badly. Her stepmother made Cinderella do the hardest works in the house; such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot and pan, and preparing the food for the family. The two stepsisters, on the other hand, did not work about the house. Their mother gave them many handsome dresses to wear.

They were excited about this and spent so much time choosing the dresses they would wear. At last, the day of the ball came, and away went the sisters to it. Cinderella could not help crying after they had left.
“Why are crying, Cinderella?” a voice asked. She looked up and saw her fairy godmother standing beside her, “because I want so much to go to the ball” said Cinderella. “Well,” said the godmother,” you’ve been such a cheerful, hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I am going to see that you do go to the ball”.

            Magically, the fairy godmother changed a pumpkin into a fine coach and mice into a coachman and two footmen. Her godmother tapped Cinderella’s raged dress with her wand, and it became a beautiful ball gown. Then she gave her a pair of pretty glass slippers. “Now, Cinderella”, she said; “You must leave before midnight”. Then away she drove in her beautiful coach.

            Cinderella was having a wonderfully good time. She danced again and again with the king’s son. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door as quickly as she could. In her hurry, one of her glass slippers was left behind.

A few days later, the king's son proclaimed that he would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass slipper. Her stepsisters tried on the slipper but it was too small for them, no matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the king’s page lets Cinderella try on the slipper. She stuck out her foot and the page slipped the slipper on. It fitted perfectly.

            Finally, she was driven to the palace. The king’s son was overjoyed to see her again. They were married and live happily ever after.