The Experience of Transforming The Concept of Narrative Analysis in Narrative

This brief writing teaches you, through example, the Abstract, Orientation, Complicating Action, Evaluation, Result and finally the Coda as described in ‘Narrative Analysis’ by W. Labov and J. Waletsky (1967) which is the reason for this writing and this point is also known as the Abstract.

The Abstract is optional, contains a reference to the Complication Action and is refered to by the optional Coda at the very end of the story. This particular point is called Orientation.  

The who, what, where and when of it all is just to keep you oriented, called Orientation. Who cares where or when or how it happens. It can happen anywhere for any reason. It’s not the point of the story, it just helps to get you to the Complicating Action, the Result or beyond. This point, too, is called Orientation.

The Complicating Action is what happens in the story and is referred to in the Abstract. Again, this point is just Orientation.

Then in a blink of an eye, the required Complicating Action occurs, the point of it all, which is this, I had to read the entire book, ‘Narrative Analysis’ by W. Labov and J. Waletsky (1967) to understand Narrative Analysis and as quick as it comes, the Complicating Action is gone.

It is my opinion that you do not need to read the entire book if you understand this writing and this is called Evaluation.

Finally, if you analyze this writing, you will see that this point is called the Result.

AS stated at the start of this brief writing  that teaches Narrative Analysis by example as described in the book, ‘Narrative Analysis’ by W. Labov and J. Waletsky (1967), an example of a Coda.