The purpose of this study was to investigate the literary elements in thernmedieval Ethiopian hagiographies, Gadla Krestos Samra in focus. It was alsornintended to endorse whether these texts qualify in literary features.rnAccordingly, the literary elements and techniques were examined in the study.rnSince the study is done on a text, Qualitative research method was applied. Inrnthis thesis, I develop the analysis of elements and techniques of a novel. Thisrnresearch produced a number of key findings. The results show that the textrnGadla Krestos Samra has contained the literary features. The text has goodrnplot structure; the five elements within a plot are performed well followingrnFreytag's structure of a plot. The narrative is filled with various conflicts whichrnadd aesthetics to the plot. Causality and suspense are also there to make thernplot astonishing. Lots of characters are acted in the narrative and wellrncharacterized. The story sets in a specific temporal and spatial position. It isrnnarrated in a third person limited omniscient perspective. Moreover, thernnarrative is constructed in well arranged figures of speech, simile, metaphor,rnsymbolism, and others are there. Obviously it has ' themes. Techniques of arnnovel, foreshadowing, dialogue and description are on the other hand revealedrnin the study. The principal conclusion drawn from this research was thatrnirrespective of the reality of the stories for followers , it qualifies the prominentrnliterary features; as to the finding of the research I c!a argue that the text is arnreligious fiction. It was recommended that interested researchers shouldrnexplore this untouched field which is rich for any kir,d of literary study.