Let’s look at Narrative Text!
Nov
19
Narative text telah menjadi salah
satu pokok bahasan penting dalam kurikulum Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Inggris. Untuk
itu, mari kita lihat lebih dekat tentang Narrative Text. Kita akan melihat
contoh dari Narrative Text dan nanti akan diikuti oleh penjelasan tentang Generic
Structure, Communicative Purposes dan Lexico grammar features-nya.
Tapi inget, sebagai pelajar, dalam mempelajari teks Narrative ini, maupun teks
– teks yang lain, bukan tugas kita untuk menghafalkan semua yang dijelaskan
tentang Narrative teks tersebut. Artinya, kita TIDAK HARUS hafal di luar
kepala semua yang dijelaskan di postingan ini.
Yang diharapkan dalam kurikulum
adalah bahwa kita sebagai pelajar, kita mengenal teks – teks tersebut, sehingga
kita akan memahaminya dan akhirnya kita akan dapat ?BERKOMUNIKASI? dalam
teks tersebut. Perlu diingat bahwa tujuan akhir pengajaran Bahasa Inggris
adalah memampukan siswa untuk ?BERKOMUNIKASI? bukan menghafal pengertian
– pengertian teknis. Ok, mari kita lihat salah satu contoh Narrative text.
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STORY
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GENERIC
STRUCTURE
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Once upon a time there 40 cruel
thieves who put their stolen money and treasures in a cave. They went in the
cave by saying ?Open Sesame? to the cave entrance. A poor person, named Ali
Baba saw them while they were doing that, so he heard the opening word. After
they left, he went toward the cave and opened it. Suddenly he found a very
large quantity of money and golden treasures. He took some of it and went
back home. After that he became a rich man and his brother wanted to know how
he became rich.
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ORIENTATION
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Ali Baba turned into the richest
man in his village. His evil brother was really jealous of him, and wanted to
know how he could get such a lot of money. Therefore, when Ali Baba went to
the cave again to take some more money, his brother followed him. He saw
everything, and decided to go back the next day to take some money for
himself. The next morning he found a lot of money in the cave, and he wanted
to take all of them. Unfortunately, when he was busy carrying the money to
his house, the thieves came. The boss of the thieves asked him how he knew
about the cave. He told everything, but unluckily they killed him and went to
Ali Baba?s house.
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COMPLICATION
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After finding Ali Baba?s house,
they made a plan to kill him the following night. Some of the thieves hid in
big jars, and the boss pretended that he was a merchant who wanted to sell
the jars to Ali Baba. Ali Baba who was a kind man invited the boss of the
thief to have lunch together.
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COMPLICATION
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After lunch they took a rest.
Luckily, the house maid went out of the house, and found that there were
thieves inside the jars. She finally boiled hot oil and poured it into the
jars to kill all of them. The boss of the thieves was caught, and put into
prison.
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RESOLUTION
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Ali Baba was saved from the
danger, and he finally lived happily ever after with his maid who became his
wife shortly after.
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REORIENTATION
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Ok, jadi dari text Narrative diatas,
kita tahu bahwa Narrative Text mempunyai sebuah struktur tertentu. Struktur dan
fungsi masing bagian adalah sebagai berikut :
1.
Orientation: Sets the scene and introduces the participants.
(Memperkenalkan tokoh dan setting).
2.
Complication : A crisis arises (Munculnya masalah).
3.
Resolution : The crisis is resolved (Terselesainya masalah).
4.
Reorientation : Optional (Bisa ada / atau tidak ada fungsinya
menyimpulkan isi cerita )
Namun kadang, dalam Narrative text,
kita juga bisa menemukan adanya struktur yang dinamakan Evaluation yang
berfungsi untuk menilai makna dari sebuah peristiwa dalam cerita. Yang harus
kita ingat bahwa struktur yang HARUS ADA dalam Narrative hanyalah tiga STRUKTUR
yang pertama yaitu : ORIENTATION, COMPLICATION, serta RESOLUTION.
Nah, dalam konteks budaya Bahasa Inggris, NARRATIVE TEXT ini
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