

It also includes the motivation and the stimuli which give rise to the choices open to or made available to some characters in a novel or play. And these terms are:īackground which can be seen as the situation of a play, novel or poem, is a combination of the circumstances, the setting inclusive, out of which emerges the story’s action. In other words, students of literature should have a proper understanding of what these terms mean, to be able to discuss the aspects in a work of literature. That is, a proper understanding of these terms would yield proper appreciation and understanding of any world of art. These literary terms that will be discussed later are seen also to be the conventions of creative writing or concrete issues considered when appreciating a literacy work.
