The purpose of narrative… Narratives are used widely in our society to:  Report news  Tell anecdotes and stories  Share values (fables, myths, parables)  Explain our world (dreamtime stories) and pass on our heritage (songs, legends, myths, biographies)

In terms of the purpose of texts.. A narrative is primarily used to inform or entertain the intended audience

Genre By definition, genre is “a category of literary work” Genre may be defined with reference to any or all of the following features:

Social Features Name: the culturally recognized name for the text type; agreement among participants as to what category a text belongs to. Transmission: some genres are explicitly taught, e.g. business letters, book reports. Function: what the text is for; what social role it plays. Participants: who produces it, who is the audience, what their roles are relative to each other. _and_Genre.doc

The broadest categories of genre Aristotle defined genre in the following 3 broadest categories: 1.Epic or narrative (combining a first person narrator with dialogue by characters).Epic 2.Lyric (spoken entirely by a first person narrator)Lyric 3.Drama (spoken entirely by characters).

Due to literary evolution… Over time as culture became more complex, more genres were created, giving the broad range of genres that exist tody, such as: Horror, comedy, tragedy, drama, romance, science fiction, fantasy, adventure, western, war etc…

Can you classify these texts? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The Sound of Music House of Wax Scream Love Actually Romeo and Juliet Happy Gilmore