THE SCHEMATIC STRUCTURE OF STORYTELLING GENRE REFLECTED IN THE STORY AUTUMN STORY BY JILL BARKLEM

Abstract

The study is conducted to analyse the schematic structure of storytelling genre reflected in the story Autumn Story authored by Jill Barklem. The framework for analysis is adapted from the frame of Fleischman (1990) and Hatch (1992). The results reveal that the schematic structure employed in Autumn Story has the basic order: Orientation followed by two Complicating Actions. Other smaller constituent parts are embedded in Complicating Action. The schematic structure of this story is featured by the depiction of seasonal sceneries and habitual activities in the Orientation; the parallel structures built up from the concurrent perspectives and the two adjacent Peaks showing the increasing tension. The study’s outcome can be utitlised as references for further research to elaborate and validate the theoretical framework of storytelling genre or applied in other fields such as pedagogy, literature or contrastive linguistics