C. NARRATIVE/NARRATION

C. NARRATIVE/NARRATION

-    Narration            : Legend,fiction

Genre :Narrative

Function     :  to amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious

                    experience in different ways.

Purpose:

• It is used to amuse/entertain the readers that is to gain and hold the reader’s interest in a story.
• It is used to teach and inform the writer's reflections on experience
• It can be imaginary or factual (fairy tales, mysteries, fables, romances, adventure stories, mythhs and legends), or it can also be a complicated event that leads to a crises that finally find a solution

Generic.Structure.of.Narrative.Text:
       Orientation:

• introduces participants/character (who)
• sets the scene (when & where)

Evaluation

§          a stepping back to evaluate the plight.

       Complication:

• Development of a Crises: a crisis arises, something happened unexpectedly

       Resolution:

• Solution of the crisis: for better or for worse

       Re-Orientation:

• closing to the narrative (optional)
• coda: changes of characters, lesson taken from the story

Language Features:

• Certain nouns are as pronoun of person, animal, certain thing in a story. E.g.. Stepsister, house work.
• Adjectives that form noun phrases, for example : long black air, two red apples, etc.
• Time connectives and conjunction to arrange the events, for example: then, before that, soon, etc.
• Adverb and adverbial phrase to point the place of event, for example: here, in the mountain, happily ever after.
• Action verbs are past tense: stayed, climbed, etc.
• Saying verbs that refer to what the human participants said, told, promised; and thinking verbs indicating thought, perception or feeling of the characters in a story, for example: felt, thought, understood
• Dialog often included and the tenses change according to the circumstances

There   are   many   types   of    narrative. They   can   be   imaginary  , factual

or a combination of both. They may include fairy stories, mysteries, science fiction, romances, horror stories, adventure stories, fables, myths and legends, historical narratives, ballads, slice of life, personal experience.

EXAMPLE OF NARRATIVE TEXT:

1. The Lion and The Mouse

The.Lion.The.Mouse

Orientation:

Once when a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down upon him..This.soon.awakened.the.lion.

Conflict:

The Lion was angry. Then he then placed his huge paw upon the little mouse and opened his big jaws to swallow him. "Pardon, Oh King," Cried the little mouse, "Forgive me this time and I promise that I will never do it again. Someday if you need help, I will probably help you, King."

Resolution:

The lion was so tickled at the idea of the mouse that the mouse may be able to help him one day.  Then, the lion lifted up his pay and let mouse go.

Conflict:

Some time after, the lion was caught in a trap and the hunters. They would carry the lion a live to the king. The Lion was tied into a tree while the hunters looked for a wagon to carry the lion on.

Resolution:

Just then, the little mouse happened to pass by and see the sad plight in which the lion was. He went up to the lion and soon bit away the ropes that bound the king of the breasts.

"I.have.kept.my.promise,.king!"said.the.mouse.
"Thank you very much." said the king.