Foreign and Ethiopian scholars, have studied different Ethiopian chronicles and made critical editions on the Ethiopian chronicles. Howeve0 these do not discus narrative techniques. This thesis thus, aims at analyzing the narrative structure, characterization, narrative elements and; narrative times of the chronicle of Yonannes. The thesis has four parts. The first chapter is the introductory part. It gives background information and the general outline of the paper. It also devotes to the theoretical part which deals with the approach of the four narrative techniques. Chapter two 0(1 narrative structure characterization and narrative elements. Chapter three discusses order of narrative time, duration of narrative time, and frequency of narrative time. The fourth chapter is the conclusion.