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Expressive criticism that sees a work of literature from its relation with the author has led the writer to choose historical-biographical approach from Guerin
for this study. This approach is chosen since it is appropriate with the objective of this study that is to reveal nationalism in the author of The Storyteller. Historical-
biographical itself according to Guerin ‗sees a literary work chiefly, if not exclusively, as a reflection of its author‘s life and times or the life and times of the
characters in the work,‘ Guerin, 1999: 22. To figure out Mario Va
rgas Llosa‘s nationalism, the history of the circumstance surrounding him and also his own life-history are needed. Thus, it
makes the historical-biographical approach suitable because treats a work of literature from its relation with the author and his or her circumstance.
C. Method of the Study
The method mostly used in this study was library research. It means that the data and theories collected were mostly taken from books and references in the
library. Besides, the second important method was through finding other significant sources from the internet.
This study was conducted through a framework structured into three main ways. The first one was getting familiar with the text. This was aimed to help the
writer to be familiar with the literary work chosen and to propose a topic for this study. This way covered some steps. They involve choosing the literary work,
reading it several times, proposing a topic, and formulating three problems. A step
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that was important after formulating was to note some important points from the object related to the topic.
The second main way was to find related studies and theories. Related studies put in this study were aimed to provide other perspectives for the same
object and a chance for the writer to decide her position toward her study. The theories in this study were chosen and organized according to the problems
formulated. The third main way was to answer the problems. To answer the problems,
the writers applied the theories chosen and used the points or data collected from the object framed according to the problem formulations. For the final step, the
writer generated conclusion after all problems have been answered.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
Regarding the problems formulated, this chapter is divided into three sections. The first section is the analysis about the setting of place, time, and
social circumstance in The Storyteller. Then, in the second section, the focus of the analysis is on the main conflicts in the plot. The last section is meant to figure
out Mario Var gas Llosa‘s nationalism through the depiction of setting and main
conflicts.
A. Setting of The Storyteller
The first problem is discussed in this section. The answer of the problem is based on the setting of the novel The Storyteller. It is divided into three parts; they
are setting of place, time, and social condition.
1. Setting of Place
Abrams remarked that every single thing describing ‗general locale, historical time, and social condition‘ in which a literary work takes place is
considered as setting 1999: 284-285. In this part, the focus is on setting of place or location where the story in The Storyteller occurs. Since Peru is the main locale
in this story yet there are also other places significant, the writer divides the analysis of this part into two: setting of place outside and inside Peru. All
locations in the story are not discussed though. The writer only picks places which are important for the discussion.
