Abstract
This article examines the text structure of literary genres in Sasak language, the shape of the linguistic devices and the values that are held in them. The method used is "listening method" in which the researchers record oral data and transcribed them into written texts. The transcripts were analysed using linguistic tools for identifying coherence and values contained in both oral and written texts. The results show that the structure of literary genre text in Sasak Language consists of orientations, complications, resolutions, and ending or coda, Generally, the language features can be seen in the use of references papuq 'grandparents', the use of third-person pronouns such as ie 'he/she' iepade 'they/them', in the lexical cohesion such as the use of repetition style, namely repeating words like the use of subordinate conjunctions seq uah 'after' and seq ndeqman 'before', the use of prepositions joq gawe 'to ceremonial events', the use of adverb of time and place such as leq kemalem 'in the night' and leq sopok dese 'in a village'. Texts of literary genres in Sasak language contain social, cultural, religious, and tolerance values.