The narrative genre is a literary expression that is carried out in prose (although it is noted that some narrative literary works, such as epics or epic poems, can be made in verse). In this genre, a story is told, which may well be real or fictitious, (although they are usually fictitious, except on the occasions when real events are narrated within a historical novel or in historical narratives themselves), describing the events that follow one another and giving descriptions of the characters and places where the narration takes place. The narrative genre covers literary genres such as the novel, the tale, the fable, legends, myths, epics, parables, laudatory, etopeyas and literary caricatures, where various events are narrated and descriptions are given on the part of a narrative voice (the narrator), within the literary work, being common the detailing of the circumstances, places, facts and actions, that concern the story or plot, so that they remain in a more clear and detailed way, to the time to be read or listened to, helping the receiver (listener or reader) to imagine the work.
20 examples of narrative genre
1. The Novel.- The novel is a genre that uses narration and other literary resources such as dialogues and other resources, with which the author expresses himself, the narration is one of the fundamental pieces of the novel, as can be seen below:
… The head of the brotherhood unfolded the paper, read it and raised his hand. “The Lord be blessed and his Holiness be praised,” he said in a loud and intelligible voice; there is pardon of life for one of the inmates. -Sorry! the people exclaimed with a single shout. Is there forgiveness? Hearing the word of forgiveness, Andrés seemed to jump and raise his head. Sorry, for whom? he yelled. Cucumber remained motionless, mute and panting. “Pepino, called Rocca Priori, is forgiven for the death penalty,” said the head of the brotherhood, and handed the paper to the captain who commanded the carabinieri, who, after having read it, returned it to him. -Sorry Cucumber! exclaimed Andrés, coming out of the torpor in which he seemed to be sunk. “Why forgive him and not me?” We had to die together, they had promised me that he would die before me, they have no right to make me die alone, I don’t want to die alone, I don’t! And saying this he seized the arms of the two priests, writhing, yelling, roaring, and making senseless efforts to break the cords that bound his hands. The executioner signaled to his two assistants, who came down from the scaffold and seized the prisoner. -What has happened? –Franz asked, because since all this was said in Italian, he had not understood very well. – Can’t you guess? The count said. It has happened that this human creature who is going to die is furious because her fellow man does not die with her, and that if they let her, she would tear him apart with her nails and teeth rather than let her enjoy the life that she herself is leaving. to see private… (Fragment of the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet).
2. The Story.- The narration is one of the basic parts of the story, whether it is narrated orally or in writing, as can be seen below:
…”But Aragorn stopped, and cried in a tense voice: “Come now! I call you in the name of the Black Stone!” And suddenly the Army of Shadows, which had remained in the rear, rushed in like a gray tide, laying waste to everything in its path. I heard shouts and muffled horns, and a murmur as of innumerable voices far away; as if he heard the echoes of some forgotten battle from the Dark Years, in other times. Pale were the swords that were drawn there; but I do not know if the blades would still bite, since the Dead did not need more weapons than fear. Nobody resisted them.
«They climbed all the ships that were in the dikes, and passed over the waters to which they were anchored; and sailors crazed with terror threw themselves overboard, except for the slaves, who were chained to the oars. And we rode relentlessly among the fleeing enemies, dragging them along like fallen leaves, until we reached the shore. Then, to each of the great ships that still lay in the docks, Aragorn sent one of the Dúnedain, to comfort the captives on board, and urge them to forget their fear and find their freedom.
“Before that dark day ended, no enemy remained capable of resisting us: those who had not drowned fled headlong south in the hope of returning to their lands.
Strange and wonderful it seemed to me that the designs of Mordor should have been thwarted by those specters of darkness and fear. Defeated with his own weapons!… (Fragment of the story The Return of the King, from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, by JR Tolkien).
3. The Fable.- Fables are short stories that have a moral and where their characters are usually animals or mythical beings.
A fox reproached a lioness for always only giving birth to a little one. And the lioness answered him. –Yes, only one, you’re right, but a lion lord! (From Aesop’s The Fox and the Lioness).
4. Parable.-The parable is a narration by analogy in which by telling something one seeks to understand something else.
…The kingdom of heaven will also be like a man who, setting out on a journey, called his servants and entrusted his goods to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another only one talent, to each according to his ability. Then he went on a trip. The one who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them and gained another five talents. Likewise, the one who received two talents gained another two talents. But he who had received one talent went and dug a hole in the ground and hid his lord’s money… (Extracted from the Bible, author Jesus of Nazareth).
5. Legend.- …It is said that Doña Carmen was the only daughter of her intransigent and violent father, but as often happens, love always triumphs, however unfortunate it may be. Doña Carmen was courted by hers, her lover Don Luis, in a temple near the maiden’s home, first offering holy water from her hand to hers. When she was discovered, they survived her imprisonment, the threat of sending her to a convent, and worst of all, marrying her in Spain to an old and rich nobleman, with whom, in addition, her father would increase her dwindling estate. she. The beautiful and submissive creature and her lady-in-waiting, Doña Brígida, cried and implored together. Thus, before submitting to the sacrifice, they decided that Doña Brígida would take a letter to Don Luis with the disastrous news.
The young lover made a thousand guesses, but of them there was one that seemed the most accurate. A window of Doña Carmen’s house overlooked a narrow alley, so narrow that it was possible, leaning out of the window, to touch the opposite wall with your hand. If he managed to enter the frontier house, he could talk to his lover, and between the two of them, find a solution to his problem. He asked who was the owner of that house and bought it at the price of gold.
You have to imagine what Doña Carmen’s surprise was when, looking out on her balcony, she found the man of her dreams so close at hand. A few moments had elapsed from that inexpressible loving conversation, and when the lovers were most abstracted, violent phrases were heard from the bottom of the room. It was Doña Carmen’s father rebuking Brígida, who was risking her own life to prevent her master from entering her lady’s bedroom. Her father threw the protector of Doña Carmen, as she was natural, and with a dagger in her hand, with a single blow he plunged it into the chest of her daughter. Don Luis was speechless with fright… Doña Carmen’s hand was still in his, but increasingly cold. Faced with the inevitable, Don Luis left a tender kiss on that smooth and pale hand, already lifeless… (Summary of The Alley of the Kiss, New Spanish colonial legend).
6. Myths.- …”After Daedalus was expelled from Athens for the death of Talo; He went to the island of Crete, where the king accepted him as an architect due to his knowledge and because the island was in demand for architects. Daedalus began his life in Crete like any other architect, but thanks to his great works he managed to attract the attention of the king, he asked Daedalus to create a place where they could imprison a minotaur that was terrorizing the island. With his great knowledge in architecture, Daedalus managed to create a labyrinth in which it was impossible to find the way out, since the corridors led to more corridors and what seemed to be an exit was only the beginning of another corridor. Once the labyrinth was finished, he locked up the minotaur. The king was so pleased with the excellent work that he decided not to let Daedalus go and use him to continue creating works ”… (Fragment of Daedalus and the Labyrinth. Greek myth).
7. The Historical Narrative.- Historical narratives or historical narratives are the result of research processes that are aided by disciplines such as anthropology, archaeology, numismatics, geography, chronology, etc., therefore they are of a scientific nature, since they use certain technicalities and quotes, so they can also be presented using resources typical of literature, as in the case of narrations of real events, put in the voice of a narrator, who may well be a fictional character, who relates historical events, a real character who has lived them, or simply a narrative voice that informs us of the events that occurred at a time in a certain place. For its elaboration, historical-literary texts are usually used as supports (such as biographies, historiographies, etc.), but without neglecting the humanistic sense, which gives it an “artistic touch”, as in the cases of historical novels. historical, which tend to resort to literary forms of expression. Also counted among the historical narrations are texts in which the facts are narrated in the way that can be seen in the following transcript:
…” When the Lacedaemonians broke their pikes with the force of killing, they kept fighting with their swords. At last Leonidas fell. Furious fight over his body. Four times the Greeks repulsed the enemy. They still held the glorious trophy when the barbarians commanded by Ephialtes appeared. Seeing them, the Greeks withdrew towards the narrow part of the road, passed to the other side of the wall and stopped, except for the Thebans, on a height at the entrance to the defile where the marble lion erected in honor of Leonidas can still be seen. There, surrounded on all sides and after having defended each other tooth and nail, they all fell under the hail of stones and darts thrown by the barbarians”… (Transcription of “Newest Universal History” Volume IV, 1910 edition).
8. The epic poems.- …“Then Pallas Athena infused Diomedes Tidida with courage and audacity, so that he would shine…