NARRATIVE TEXT

PENGERTIAN, TUJUAN, JENIS, GENERIC STRUCTURE DAN CONTOH

A. Definisi
Narrative text adalah salah satu jenis teks bahasa inggris yang bertujuan untuk menceritakan
suatu cerita yang memiliki rangkaian peristiwa kronologis yang saling terhubung.

B. Tujuan
The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story. Narrative
text bertujuan untuk menghibur pembaca tentang suatu kisah atau cerita.

C. Jenis
Ada banyak jenis narrative text. Narrative text bisa berupa teks imajiner, faktual, atau
kombinasi keduanya. Berikut ini jenis-jenis narrative text: fairy stories, mysteries, science
fiction, romances, horror stories, adventure stories, fables, myths and legends, historical
narratives, ballads, slice of life, personal experience.

D. Generic Structure
Struktur generik narrative text berfokus pada serangkaian tahapan yang diusulkan untuk
membangun sebuah cerita. Dalam narrative text tahap itu meliput:

1. Orientation
( Pendahuluan ) di mana karakter , setting , dan waktu cerita ditetapkan . Biasanya
menjawab pertanyaan siapa? kapan? dimana ? Misalnya: Once upon a time, there was
a wolf lived in the forest.
2. Complication or problem
Menceritakan awal masalah yang menyebabkan krisis ( klimaks ). Complication
biasanya melibatkan karakter utama.
3. Resolution
Akhir dari cerita yang berupa solusi dari masalah. Perlu adanya resolusi dari masalah.
Masalah dapat diselesaikan dapat menjadi lebih baik atau malah lebih buruk, bahagia
atau sedih . Kadang-kadang ada beberapa komplikasi yang harus dipecahkan. Hal ini
menambah dan mempertahankan minat dan ketegangan bagi pembaca nya.
4. Reorientation/Coda
merupakan pernyataan penutup cerita dan bersifat opsional . Bisa berisi tentang
pelajaran moral, saran atau pengajaran dari penulis.

E. Contoh
Berikut ini contoh Narrative text:
 The Cat and The Rat story
Folktale from Japan

Long ago, the God Heaven spoke to all of the animals in the world.

Twelve animals will be chosen to protect the world. Each one will do this for a year at a
time. Come to my palace on the twelfth day of the first moon. The first twelve animals to
arrive will be chosen.

All of the animals waited excitedly for the day. The Cat however was very forgetful and
could not remember which day it was. So she asked the Rat, Which day do we go to the
palace in Heaven to be chosen to protect the world? The Rat wanted to be chosen so he said
to the Cat, On the thirteenth day of first moon, we will all go to the palace.

The Rat lived in the stable of the Ox. One evening, he heard the Ox getting ready to leave for
the palace. Why are you leaving so early? asked the Rat.

Oh, my feet are so clumsy and slow. Answered the Ox, I must go now or I wont get there
in time to be chosen. As soon as the Ox turned to go, the Rat jumped into the bag on his
back. The Ox did not know that he was carrying the Rat and he walked slowly through the
night until he reached the palace. There were no other animals in front of him so he thought
he must surely be the first. Just then, the Rat jumped out of the bag and ran to the gate.

The very first is the Rat, he called out to the Ox.

The Ox was very angry but not as angry as the Cat. She went to the palace on the thirteenth
day as she had been told by the Rat. There was nobody about so she thought she must be the
first. However, the guard called out to her.
You are a day too late, Cat. The animals were chosen yesterday. First the Rat, then Ox, tiger.
Hare, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Cock, Dog and last of all, Bear. You shouldnt
be so sleepy, and look how dirty your face is! You shouldnt was it better than you do. With
that he closed the gates.
Since then, the Cat has hated the Rat and has always tried to catch him. She also keeps
washing her face with her tongue because the guard told her how dirty her face was.

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