This document provides an overview of narrative text structure and features as well as examples of different types of narrative texts from Indonesian folklore. It begins by asking if the reader knows what a fairy tale is and introduces the topic of narrative text. It then defines narrative text and describes its generic structure of orientation, complication, and resolution. It notes some common language features of narrative texts like using simple past tense. It lists different types of narrative texts such as legends, fables, and fairy tales. It provides an example of the myth of Malin Kundang from West Sumatra to illustrate the generic structure and analyze the characters, message, and language features. It concludes by assigning the reader a task to read and analyze the fairy

1. Reading I

2. Do You Know What The Picture Is?

6. Are they including into a fairy tale?
Do you know that fairy tale is a
kind of narrative text?
So, our lesson now is…..

7. Narrative Text

8. Narrative is a text focusing
specific participants. Its social
function is to tell stories or past
events and entertain the readers.

9. Generic Structure
Orientation: Introducing the participants
and informing the time and the place
Complication: Describing the rising crises
which the participants have to do with
Resolution: Showing the way of participant
to solve the crises, better or worse

10. Language Features of Narrative
Using Simple Past Tense
The formula:
S + V2 + O
Ex : I threw the ball

11. Kind of narrative text
1. Legend : Sangkuriang, Malin
Kundang,etc
2. Fabel : Mousedeer and
Crocodile
3. Fairy tale : Cinderella, Snow White.
4. Science Fiction

12. Example
The Myth of Malin Kundang
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. 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”.

13. 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.
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.

14. Analysis
• The generic structure :
Orientation; the first paragraph is set to be the story introduction. Reading
the orientation, reader will know that the story is characterized with Malin
Kundang and his mother. Wes Sumatra is set as the place.
Complication; this is the main element of narrative story. From the Malin
Kundang myth, we know that there are more than one complication. Many
stories are composed with multi complications. They are minor complication
and major complication. When Malin Kundang and her mother did life hard, it
can be the minor complication. this hard life in the first time was solved by his
successful trading as new merchant. However this narrative story is more
interesting when we see the major complication among the participants-
Malin Kundang denied his mother after being successful merchant. In every
story, complication must be ended; happy ending or sad one.

15. Resolution; this is the end of the story, the sad ending
one. Malin Kundang faces his curse of turning into a stone.
• Characteristics :
• Malin Kundang
• Malin Kundang’s mother
• Message : don’t be perfidious to your parents especially
to your mom
• Language Feature : Using past tense like in sentence
“He usually went to sea to catch fish”

16. TASK!!
Read the text titled “Briar-Rose”
and follow the instruction!
Deadline on November 20, 2012

17. GOOD LUCK!
SEE YOU SOON!