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BAB 1 NARRATIVE TEXTS
A. DEFINITION OF NARRATIVE TEXT
Narrative is a story with the social purpose of this type of text is entertaining because they deal with the unusual and unexpected development of events. It also instruct because they teach readers and listeners that problems patterns of behavior that are generally highly valued.
B. PURPOSE OF NARRATIVE TEXT
To amuse, entertain, and deal with actual or vicarious experiences in different ways ; narrative deal with problematic event lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.
C. GENERIC STRUCTURE:
• Orientation : sets the scene and introduces the participant
• Evaluation : a stepping back to evaluate the plight
• Complication : a crisis arises
• Resolution : the crisis is resolved, for better or for worse
• Re-orientation : optimal
D. LANGUAGE FEATURE:
• Focus on specific and usually individualized participants
• Use of material, behavioural, and verbal processes
• Use of relational and mental processes
• Use of temporal conjunctions and temporal circumstances
• Use of past tenses
E. KINDS OF NARRATIVE TEXT
1. Fable : moral stories, unusually about animals, making them seem
like human beings.
2. Legend : stories from the past wich may not be based on fact.
3. Folk tale : traditional stories passed down from one generation to the
next
4. Fairy tale : childre’s stories about faries, princesse, giants, etc.

F. PARTS OF NARRATIVE TEXT
Stories of several parts. They are the beginning, the problem that occurred, how the problem was solved, and ending of the story.
• The beginning of the story has the function of introducing the characters of the story, where and when the story occurred. This part of the story is called orientation.
• How the problem starts until its crisis point (climax) of the problem, in which the characters have to face is called the complication.
• How the problem is solved or ended is called the resolution.
• The ending of story which may consist of closing remark to the story, moral lesson, advice or teaching from the writer is called re-orentation. However, this part of the story of optinal. You may or may not find it in a stor.
G. 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 didn’t 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 a 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’s 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 seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.