Foreign and Ethiopian Scholars for example, Hayatt ( 1928), Ullendorfrn(1945), Harden (1926), Amsalu (1976), etc. Claim that Ethiopian hagiographiesrnare devoid of literary qualities. Some of them even pointed out that these worksrnare completely 'non - indigenous' and there is 'no literature of national origin'.rnIn spite of these claims, however, Ethiopian hagiographies have exertedrnconsiderable impacts on the country's literary - thinking. As Anteneh Awokern(1 993) points out, for example, the was profoundlyrninfluenced by these works. The latter imitated some techniques from thernhagiographers. These religious manuscripts arrested readers' attentions not onlyrnfor their religious themes but al so for their techniques. However, much researchrnhas not been done in these areas. Those who did are interested in the hi storical,rnphilosophical, political and theological issues of the manuscripts. This paper thus,rnaims at analyzing the narrative structure, characterization and narrative time of thernthree hagiographies under investigation (i.e. Gadla Gabra Manfas Qidus, GabrarnKrestos & Kerestos SamrarnThe thesis has six parts. The first chapter is the introductory part. It givesrnbackground information on the research and the genre under considerat ion. Thernsecond chapter is devoted to the theoreti cal part which deals with generalrnvrnconsiderations of the narrative techniques. The third chapter is concerned with thernanalysis of gadla Gabra Manfas Qidus, chapter four with gadlii Giibra Krestos andrnchapter five with giidla Krestos Samra respecti vely. The sixth chapter is thernconclusion.rnThe three hagiographi es have different ways of arrangmg events andrnactions, but they follow identical narrative structures. Their differences in storiesrndo not create differences in structural frameworks. The same is true of the roles ofrnthe characters. There are different roles which the characters of the three gadlsrnplay that clearly fit with Gremias's 'actants' . On the other hand, the hagiographersrnuse different ways of ordering of events and ac tions, give different emphasis torndifferent events and al so differ in their ways of repet itions.