NARRATIVE TEXT

NARRATIVE TEXT

Teks narrative adalah teks yang menceritakan sesuatu yang imajinatif atau khayalan belaka. Tujuan : untuk menghibur para pembaca.

GENERIC STRUCTURE

·        Orientation (pendahuluan cerita) : memperkenalkan tokoh-tokoh dalam cerita, latar, dan waktu.

·        Complication : munculnya permasalahan diantara tokoh-tokoh.

·        Resolution : masalah dapat diatasi

·        Re-orientation (opsional) : akhir dari cerita

CHARACTERISTICS :

ü     Menggunakan past tense

ü     Biasanya dimulai dengan adverbs of time (kata keterangan waktu) seperti long time ago, once upon a time, in a faraway land.

ü      Menggunakan kata hubung : then, before, after that, etc.

Types of “Narratives Text”

1)    Fairy tale       : Cinderella, etc. (magic things)

2)    Legend          : Danau toba, etc. (prove/myth)

3)    Fabel              : Kancil & buaya, etc. (animals)

    

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is Hindu – Budhist temple. It was build in the nineth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.

Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consist of eight step like stone terrace. The first five terrace are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Budist sculpture in bas-relief. The upper three are circular. 

Each of them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The entire adifice is crowned by a large stupa at the centre at the centre of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and starways. The design of borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia.

Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.