Narrative Genre
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The narrative genre is aliterary genrefundamental or generically written or oral, with
formal audiovisual technical derivations that collect a series of events
presented or explained by anarratorwhat happens to one ormore characterswhat are
those who perform the actions. It uses prose in its forms of narration and description. 1y
it has numerous subgenres, among which particularly stand out lthe epic,the novel
and isthe storythe short story.
Subgenres:
The narrative encompasses subgenres such as theepicthe epic songthe heroic poem,the
novelthe storythe short story,the legendthetraditional talethemyth,the fable,the
romanceand all kinds ofthe accountsin general or in specific.
The epic is a narrativethe epicthe narrative, written most of the timeinprocess,
which consists of the extensive narration of transcendent or memorable actions
for a town around the figure of aherorepresentative of their virtues of more
estimate.
The epic poem is the name given tothe epicwritten in theMiddle Agesor to one
demonstrationliteraryextensive belonging to lthe epicthat narrates the feats of ahero
whose virtues represent models for a people or community duringthe Middle Ages.
The novel is a literary work in which a fictional action is narrated in whole or in part and
whose aim is to cause aesthetic pleasure to the readers with the description or depiction of events or
interesting lances as well as characters, passions, and customs, which in many cases
they serve as inputs for the propthe reflectionor introspection.
A story tells onenarrationbrief created by one or severalauthorsbased on true events
real or fictional, cuthe plotit is led by a small group of characters and with
a relatively simple argument.
A legend is athe narrationof natural factssupernaturalor a mixture of
both that is transmitted from generation togenerationin oral or written form.
Generally, the narrative is imprecisely situated betweenthe mythand the true event, it
that grants it a certain uniqueness.
The traditional tale is a short narrative, authored by an anonymous writer, that refers to
eventthe fictitious.I am, besides, belonging tooral traditionthe story
tradition endures through variants. That is, every time a story is told in
oral or written form, a version of it is produced, different from a previous one. In the story
Traditional tales contain real as well as fantastic objects, In the traditional story there is
different versions, thanks to being transmitted orally and from mouth to mouth.
A myth is a traditional story that refers to prodigious events.
starring supernatural or extraordinary beings, such asoh gods,demigods,
heroesmonstersfantastic characters, who seek to provide an explanation for a
fact or aphenomenon.
The fable is a short literary composition, generally inproseor inverse,in which
the main characters are animals or inanimate objects that display characteristics
human. The fable has "an educational intention of an ethical and universal1what
always appears at the end of this one, provides a lesson or
learning, which can be useful or moral and is generally known asmoral.
The term romance refers to astoryfictional narrative, usually in
prosewhat differs from thenovelbecause it presents an imaginary world in which the
characters and situations belong to the realm of the marvelous and the unusual.
Components
Narrator:that presents and organizes the facts and the characters, and that can be
exterior or interior to the story, or even unnamed and with the power to know
thoughts and feelings of the characters (the callthe omniscient narrator.
Characters:entities (not necessarily human) that perform the actions that
They are described. In literature, it is common for feelings to be described as well.
of the characters before the events.
Plotthe argument:sequence of events, adventures or episodes that happen to
the characters. The description is not necessarily linear in time, existing
figures like theflashbackandthe story.
Setting:social, political, moral context (customs, values) and
spatiotemporal(chronotope) andin which the characters are immersed.
Theme:the subject of what the work is about or what can be deduced from its plot. Sometimes it appears
complicated or mixed with various subtopics or minor themes. Examples of them
they are general facts (life, death, search), feelings (happiness, sadness,
miedo, culpa, vergüenza, placer, dolor, venganza) y valores (justicia, perdón,
honor, respect, sacrifice, struggle, freedom). The theme and the subtopics are formulated with
a single sentence.
Style:características artísticas de la obra: tipo de lenguaje, género literario,
respected or broken conventions, artist's personality, expressiveness,
originality, intention...
Types of narrators
Protagonist narrator: Narrates in the first person. It is the protagonist himself who
tells his own story.
Witness narrator: Speaks in the third person, is able to narrate according to what they see. It is
fictional.
Omniscient narrator: He is outside the story and knows the events.
in detail. Use the third person.
Types of characters
Main characters: Those on whom the main plot develops. These are:
Protagonist: He is the main character who appears from the beginning to the end of the
history.
Antagonist: It is the character who opposes the ideas of the protagonist.
Secondary: Those of lesser importance than the previous ones, are part of the
history and can accompany the main character. Some examples are:
Dynamic: Has little participation, this character also changes within the
history.
Static: They are only mentioned, do not change within the narrative.
Narrative times
Linear: The events are narrated from the beginning to the end. With a beginning, middle, and end.
outcome.
Chronological: It is when events are narrated in a logical or sequential manner.
Atmospheric: Refers to the weather conditions of a place where they occur.
the facts.
Of Anticipation: It is a time closely linked to imagination and deduction, as
has the difficult task of telling what is supposedly going to happen in the future or what
it will happen long after the events.
Prospection or flash forward: It is a leap in the story into the future, narrating the
facts that will happen.
Retrospection or flashback: It is a leap in the story to what happened, it is narrated
the past facts.
In counterpoint: Break in the temporal sequence.
