NARRATIVES
Purpose : to amuse
or entertain the readers with actual or imaginary experiences in difference
ways. Narratives always deal with some problems which lead to the climax and
then turn into a solution to the problem.
Text
organization : orientation (who
were involved in the story, when, and where)
Complication ( a problem arises followed by
other problems)
Resolution ( solution to the problem)
Language
features :
a.
The
use of pronoun (a beautiful princess, a huge temple)
b.
The
use of connectives (first, before that, then, finally)
c.
The
use of adverbial phrases of time and place (in the garden, two days ago)
d.
The
use of the simple past tense (he walked away from the village)
e.
The
use of action verb ( walk, sleep, wake up)
f.
The
use of saying verb (say, tell, ask)
g.
The
use of thinking verbs, feeling verbs, verbs of senses ( she felt hungry, she
thought she was clever, she smelt something burning)
h.
Fairy
tales, fables, myths, tall tales belong to narratives
Example:
Well, my friends, I have a very
interesting story. The story is about “batara kala”, a myth from Java. Have you
heard about it? No? Never? Please be quiet and listen carefully.
You know, Batara kala was an evil
giant. He always killed people, especially children. His hair was made from
fire. Everybody was frightened of him.
One day, Batara Guru, the
chief god invited all the gods and goddesses to drink sacred water in paradise.
The water was called Tirta Amertasari. It means “The water of Immortality”. You
know why? Because anyone who drinks this water, he or she will live forever. He
or she will never die.
You know what? Batara
kala was not invited because he was evil. Then, secretlt he flew into paradise
and stole some of the water. Batara Surya, the god of sun and Batari Chandra,
the goddess of moon knew what he did. Immediately both of them reported to
Batara Vishnu, the keeper god of the universe.
Then Batara Vishnu took
his fatal weapon, Cakra and shot it at Batara Kala.
While Batara kala was
drinking the water, the cakra hit him on the neck. Batara kala’s body was
separated from the head at once. But, since he had drunk the sacred water, his
head was alive. He was very furious with Batara Surya and Batari Chandra and
swore to take revenge on them.
He chased Batara Surya
and Batari Chandra, caught them both and swallowed them up.
Fortunately, Batara
Surya and Batari Chandra could escape from Batara Kala’s throat because he no
longer had a body. So, Batara Surya and Batari Chandra were safe everytime
Batara Kala swallowed them up.
That’s why when
there’s a solar eclipse or lunar eclipse, Javanese people believe that Batara
Kala is swallowing Batara Surya or Batari Chandra. It’s interesting, isn’t it?
Adapted
from javalegend.com
Orientation
Major resolution
