nyatanya lebih dominan diajarkan dalam bentuk tulisan,

memahami generic structure sebuah cerita, ataupun menganalisa

karakter, latar, ataupun alur cerita narrative.
Perlu diketahui bahwa narrative text, dalam mata kuliah writing and
composition biasanya disebut narration, adalah salah satu jenis teks
dalam sebuah bahasa sastra. Biasanya, narrative text (teks naratif) berisi
tentang cerita--baik cerita fiksi, cerita non-fiksi, dongeng, cerita rakyat,
cerita binatang / fabel dll, pokoknya semua hal tentang cerita ya narrative
namanya... :-)
narrative text

Mengacu
pada
keterangan
di
atas, contoh
contoh narrative
text sebenarnya sudah banyak diterbitkan dalam blog ini, seperti :

berisi kumpulan kisah / cerita rakyat bahasa

Inggris yang melegenda di bumi nusantara Indonesia.
2.
Dongeng Bahasa Inggris Pilihan berisi kumpulan dongeng-dongeng
terkenal baik di dunia ataupun di Indonesia.
3.
Cerita Binatang / Fabel Bahasa Inggris berisi kumpulan cerita tentang
hewan atau disebut juga "fable" terpopuler.
4.
Cerita Nabi berbahasa Inggris Pendek berisi cerita naratif islami tentang Nabi
dan Rasul dalam bahasa Inggris.
1.

Cerita Bahasa Inggris

Silahkan klik link-link di atas untuk memilih contoh narrative text pilihan
anda sendiri. Sangat tidak sulit kan?

Sekarang sedikit serius, karena akan menjurus pada penjelasan, oke...

Pengertian Narrative Text

Disebutkan bahwa A narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people(teks narasi
adalah cerita imaginatif yang bertujuan menghibur orang).
Jika melihat pada kamus bahasa Inggris, secara harfiah narrative bermakna (1) a spoken
or written account of connected events; a story. (2) the narrated part of a literary work,

as distinct from dialogue. (3) the practice or art of narration.

Cerita Narrative Text

(Narrative bermakna : 1. sebuah cerita baik terucap atau tertulis tentang peristiwaperistiwa yang berhubungan. 2. bagian yang diceritakan dalam sebuah karya sastra,
berbeda dengan dialog. 3. Praktik atau seni bercerita)

Jika disimpulkan, maka sebuah narrative text adalah teks yang berisi
sebuah cerita baik tertulis ataupun tidak tertulis dan terdapat rangkaian
peristiwa yang saling terhubung.

Generic Structure dari Narrative Text

Bagi sobat yang masih duduk di bangku sekolah tingkat menengah,
penjelasan mengenai narrative texts tak usah sulit-sulit ya.. Intinya,
narrative text ini mempunyai struktur / susunan seperti di bawah ini :

Orientation

: It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of

the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu

terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)

: Where the problems in the story developed. (Permasalahan

muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)

: Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai, --secara baik "happy ending" ataupun buruk "bad ending".

Complication

Resolution

Kadangkala susunan (generic structure) narrative text bisa berisi:Orientation,

Complication,

Evaluation,

Resolution

dan

Reorientation.

Meski Evaluation dan Reorientation merupakan optional; bisa ditambahkan

dan bisa tidak. Evaluation berisi penilaian/evaluasi terhadap jalannya cerita atau
konflik.

SedangkanReorientation berisi

penyimpulan

isi

akhir

cerita.

Jika sudah mahir membuat cerita narrative, susunannya bisa diubah-ubah

kok, yang terpenting bagian-bagian di atas masih tetap ada dalam tulisan
narrative sobat.

Grammar Used dalam Narrative Text

Grammar (tata bahasa) yang sering muncul dalam membuat narrative
text
adalah:
Menggunakan tenses "Past", baik simple, past perfect, past continuous,
past perfect continuous, atau bisa saja past future continuous. (aturan ini
bukan aturan wajib yang mutlak harus dipenuhi kok. Tidak percaya,
tanyakan
pada
guru
bahasa
Inggris
sobat)
Untuk lebih jelasnya, lihat contohnya di bawah ini :

Contoh Narrative Text (1)

Sincere Will Get a Great Return
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named Auretto, all people lived peacefully
there. One of them was Charlita, the kings daughter who was assumed as the most
beautiful and kindest Princess of Auretto.
One day, Charlita looked blue. Because of that her father got confused. Whats the
matter my beautiful daughter? Why are you so sad? asked King Fernando. Charlita
was just silent. She did not say anything.
Then, King Fernando decided to make a competition to cheer Charlita again. After
that, the palace representative announce: I will make a competition. The aim is to
make my daughter, Princess Charlita to be happy and laugh again. Everyone who
can do it, will get a prize. It will be held tomorrow when the sun rises. Sign: King
Fernando.
The following morning, everybody came to the palace, tried to give their best
performance. They seemed happy and laugh, but not for Princess Charlita. She was
just silent and still looked sad.

King Fernando started to give up. No one amused his daughter. Then, there came a
young handsome man. Excuse me King Fernando. I would like to join your
competition. But, would you mind if I took Princess Charlita for a walk? said the
young man gently. As long as you make my daughter be happy again, it will totally
alright. said King Fernando. The young handsome man took Princess Charlita for a
walk in a beautiful blue lake with a green forest around it. Princess Charlita smiled
and looked happy after that. Every body looked happy, too. I know why are you so
my beautiful daughter. Now, I promise I will environment green. I regret for always
destroying it. Finally, the environment around the kingdom became so beautiful and
green, full of plants. Then, the young handsome man got a prize from the king. I
will marry you off my daughter. said him. That is the prize I promise for you.
Thanks for keeping our environment well. Thanks for making my daughter happy
again.

Contoh Narrative Text (2)

The Legend of Rawa Pening
Once upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village. He
was very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for some food, but
nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy.
Finally, a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the
boy wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a lesung, a big wooden mortar for
pounding rice. She reminded him, please remember, if there is a flood you must
save yourself. Use this lesung as a boat. The lesung was happy and thanked the
old woman.The little boy continued his journey. While he was passing through the
village, he saw many people gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw a
stick stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to pull out that stick.
Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded. Can I try? asked the little boy. The crowd
laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so he stepped forward and pulled
out the stick. He could do it very easily. Everybody was dumbfounded.
Suddenly, from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until it
flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the little boy and
the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As she told him, he used
the lesung as a boat and picked up the old woman. The whole village became a
huge lake. It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java,
Indonesia.

Penjelasan Narrative Text (untuk tingkat

Mahir)
Untuk mengetahui definisi dan penjelasan tentang narration (narrative
text) sobat mahasiswa dan mahasiswi bisa membaca buku buku tentang
writing di perpustakaan terdekat dan terlengkap, dan disini saya hanya
akan mengutipkan pendapat Thomas S. Kane (2000: 363-364) di bawah
ini:

A narrative is a meaningful sequence of events told in words. It is

sequential in that the events are ordered, not merely random. Sequence
always involves an arrangement in time (and usually other arrangements
as well). A straightforward movement from the first event to the last
constitutes the simplest chronology. However, chronology is sometimes
complicated by presenting the events in another order: for example, a
story may open with the final episode and then flash back to all that
preceded it.
A narrative has meaning in that it conveys an evaluation of some kind.
The writer reacts to the story he or she tells, and states or implies that
reaction. This is the "meaning," sometimes called the "theme," of a story.
Meaning must always be rendered. The writer has to do more than tell us
the truth he sees in the story; he must manifest that truth in the
characters and the action.
Characters and action are the essential elements of any story. Also
important, but not as essential, is the setting, the place where the action
occurs. Characters are usually peoplesometimes actual people, as in
history books or newspaper stories, sometimes imaginary ones, as in
novels. Occasionally characters are animals (as in an Aesop fable), and
sometimes a dominant feature of the environment functions almost like a
character (the sea, an old house).
The action is what the characters say and do and anything that happens
to them, even if it arises from a nonhuman sourcea storm, for instance,
or a fire. Action is often presented in the form of a plot. Action is, so to

speak, the raw material; plot, the finished product, the fitting together of
the bits and pieces of action into a coherent pattern. Usually, though not
invariably, plot takes the form of a cause-and effect chain: event A
produces event B; B leads to C; C to D; and so on until the final episode, X.
In a well-constructed plot of this kind we can work back from X to A and
see the connections that made the end of the story likely and perhaps
inevitable.
Stories can be very long and complicated, with many characters,
elaborate plots, and subtle interpenetration of character, action, and
setting. In writing that is primarily expository, however, narratives are
shorter and simpler. Most often they are factual rather than imaginary, as
when an historian describes an event. And often in exposition an
illustration may involve a simple narrative. Being able to tell a story, then,
while not the primary concern of the expository writer, is a skill which he
or she will now and again be called upon to use.
Demikianlah

penjelasan

dan

kumpulan

contoh

narrative

text

yang

bisa

dihadirkan dalam kesempatan ini. Semoga bisa bermanfaat untuk kita semua.