NARRATIVE TEXTS

What is a narrative text? A narrative text is the account of

events of many characters, trues or imaginary, developed in an place or a time. There are many types of narrative texts

Story: Description of a serie of events, trues or imaginarys, that is written or said with the proposite of entertainment

Tales: Act of fiction, like the novels, organize the actions, thinkings, and interactions of his characters in a line of events or a plot

In a narrative text we must have in count

The narrator: is the person who in a book, movie or TV emision relates the developed of the success explaining the events.

The ambientation: the place general, historic time and social circunstances in which occurs the actions.

Preparative to do a narrative text

Write the possible ideas that can help you to create the mark of your story. Think in a clear situation, preferent with an interesting evolution,

Try to imagine the characters, physically and entailment, define what role gonna do in the development of the action

PUNTO DE VISTA INTERNO

PUNTO DE VISTA INTERNO

PUNTO DE VISTA EXTERNO

Narrador en 1ª Persona

Narrador en 3ª Persona Narrador Objetivo

El narrador es uno de los caracteres, directamente en el centro de acontecimientos

Sin ser uno de los personajes, el narrador esta presente a traves de sus juicios y comentarios

El narrador esta ausente de la historia y puede ver los acontecimientos totalmente aparte de la historia

Suddenly, I realised I was surrounded…

Daina was no fool and had the strange feeling that a man – a rather weird one – was following her…

She hurried along the street. A strange man was following her…

Think in the gramatic. Is this a story which occurs in the past? Use the past simple, past perfect and past continuous.

Expresiones utiles en una narracion

Conectores

And y

Next a continuación

So Asi

then Entonces

when. cuando

while Mientras

Adverbios de frecuencia

Always Siempre

Usually Normalmente

Often A menudo

Sometimes A veces

never Nunca

Adverbios de modo

Angrily Enfadado

Happily Felizmente

Quickly Rapidamente

Quietly Tranquilamente

suddenly De repente

Expresiones de tiempoat first Al principio

after some time:Despues de algun tiempo

a few minutes later Unos minutos despuesan hour later Una hora despues

after/ afterwards.Despues de algun tiempo

Finally FinalmenteIn the end Al finalThe next day Al dia siguientetwo weeks later Dos horas despuesat the same time Al mismo tiempoas soon as Tan pronto comonow Ahoraat the moment En el momento

Narration is a type of text in which a story or a success is said. In all narrations we can found the next elements.

A narrator: is who relates the success of the characters in a place and time determined. Many examples of narrations are the myths, shorty stories, tales, the news and novels.

In his more common form, the narrations are structurated of a very simple manner.

The narrative mark is the first part of the relate, in it are situated temporally the events, is presented to the characters who going to do the story

The initial event is the success that breaks the original equilibrium and unfolding the conflict which start the action.

The actions are the different actuations that the characters do to resolve the conflict expounded

The solution is the pass to a final situation, a new situation which is created for consequence of the actions of the characters

The action

The action is formed by all the events and situations that complete the story. This events can be organized in episodes. The conjunct of events and success of the story is denominated plot. The form of organize this event is denominated scheme

The characters

The character are who realize the actions which are related by the narrator. By his importance in the development of the action, the characters can be principals or secondary, into the principals the protagonist is the most important, his rival is denominated antagonist

the time

the time is the element of the narration which count in the duration, success and organization in which are produced the different events.

The duration can be diverse: Many years, one day or many hours

The space

The space is the narrative component which is referred to the place where is developed the action and where are moving the characters, can be urban spaces, domestics and idealized.

The receptor

The consideration of the receptor en the communicative process is important. Is convenient to distinguish two types of receptors.

The addressee: the reader to who the author destiny his act.

The narratary: is a subject or concrete collectivity to who the narrator read the story .