Extrinsic & Intrinsic Elements of Literature

So, in general, the extrinsic element of

literature was about the things that can’t really be found inside the story itself. It wasn’t the material but the facts and information that supports and surrounds the story. It could tell about the author; inspiration, life experiences, etc., it could also tell about the world situation; past, present or may be the future, and many other supporting facts.

Explanation of Extrinsic elements in

literature

Author’s life Historical Background Cultural Background Social Background

Extrinsic

The part of author’s life also influence the

settings and plot of the story. The author’s situation or what the author was experiencing now also affect the story making. He/she would be able to describe the storyline with details, because they had experienced this kind of situation.

When making a literary work, the author could reflects back to his/her life.

Author’s Life

This is the authors life part.

Historical background might be described by

the flow of the story. It could be shown by a timeline too. The historical background can be the history or the past of the setting the story was. It could also shows the development or improvement of a certain thing or condition. Describing the historical background might also be used to send messages to make readers realize the mistake and take action to fix the bad record.

Historical Background

The cultural background inside the story may

also connects to the author’s life. As for example, the author’s cultures may be mixed into the story. It might display the life or historical event in the country or area that the author lived by. The cultural background may also refer to the setting and plot of the story. It depends on where the story takes scene.

Cultural Background

The story depends on the social background of

the author. He/she would probably wrote something that connects to the community around them. It could also be the social problems that was happening on the world or the social organization inside a certain country. Social background can also be used to describe a person’s biography and how it affects their life nowadays.

Social Background

Intrinsic Elements

Characters Plot Setting (Novel/Prose/Poetry) Scene (Play/Drama) Moral Message

Intrinsic

Intrinsic elements in literature usually we can find it inside the story itself. We can analyze it easily because all of the facts are inside the books. It could tell about the character, plots, setting, moral messages, scenes, etc.

Explanation of Intrinsic elements in

literature

Characters are important parts of stories. It

helps to send the message of the story through the behavior and expression of the character.

Types of Characters: protagonist antagonist main peripheral.

Characters

Characters in the story

Antagonist: antagonist characters usually is a bad

character who oppose the protagonist characters. He /she usually starts a conflict or fight.

Protagonist is the opposite of antagonist. It is a nice character who usually solves the fight. The character are good people usually a hero.

Main characters: the character always appear in most of the story line. The author really make the main character often being in the story.

Peripheral: peripheral characters usually don’t appear much in the story they are only used once or twice in a story. Usually just to support the main character.

Types of Characters

Scene is the part in a movie which people

arrange it. Example a scene in a movie describes what happen in one place. So scene is also connected to setting.

Scene

The setting is a time and

place where the certain part of the story line is happening. It includes all the details like time and location.

Setting

Plot :Is the arrangement of the story that build the story Plot components Exposition: the beginning of the story that shows the

main character Rising Action: conflict is starting to show in the story Climax: the main character is having conflict

(conflict/mentally) Falling Action: the main character is getting more

conflict and almost at the end of the story Resolution: the end of the story and the solution to the

problem

Plot

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