SESSION 2
NARATIVE TEXT
Apakah narrative text itu?
Kata narrative berasal dari kata dasar narrate
yang artinya bercerita, atau menceritakan.
Narrative text - cerita fiksi atau cerita
karangan yang dibuat untuk menghibur pembaca. Narrative text biasanya kita
jumpai dalam bentuk dongeng, cerita rakyat, maupun cerita fiksi lainnya.
Generic Structure of Narrative Text
Narrative text teridiri atas 3 bagian utama:
Orientation
Tahap pengenalan tokoh-tokoh, latar belakang
tempat dan waktu dari cerita. (siapa, apa, kapan, dan dimana)
Complication
Pada tahap ini masalah-masalah mulai dimunculkan
dan akan di selesaikan oleh tokoh utama pada cerita selanjutnya.
Resolution
tahap cerita diakhiri. Pada bagian ini masalah
terselesaikan oleh si tokoh utama. Pada bagian ini juga biasanya terkandung nilai
moral atau nasihat yang bermanfaat untuk pembacanya.
The Legend of Malin Kundang
(Orientation)
A long time
ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra, a woman and her son
lived. They were Malin Kundang and her mother. Her mother was a single parent
because Malin Kundang's father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang
had to live hard with his mother
(Events)
Malin
Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to
catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sold the
caught fish in the town. One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a
merchant's ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. He helped
the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the
pirates.
The
merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In return the merchant asked Malin
Kundang to sail with him. To get a better life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left
his mother alone. Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge
ship and was helped by many ship crews loading trading goods. Perfectly he had
a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his trading journey, his ship landed
on a beach near a small village. The villagers recognized him. The news ran
fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”. An old
woman ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin Kundang’s
mother.
She wanted
to hug him, released her sadness of being lonely after so long time.
Unfortunately, when the mother came, Malin Kundang who was in front of his well
dressed wife and his ship crews denied meeting that old lonely woman. For three
times her mother begged Malin Kundang and for three times he yelled at her. At
last Malin Kundang said to her "Enough, old woman! I have never had a
mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!" After that he ordered his crews
to set sail. He would leave the old mother again but in that time she was full
of both sadness and angriness. Finally, enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that
he would turn into a stone if he didn't apologize. Malin Kundang just laughed and
really set sail
(Resolution)
In the
quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was
too late for Malin Kundang to apologize. He was thrown by the wave out of his
ship. He fell on a small island. It was really too late for him to avoid his
curse. Suddenly,
he turned into a stone.