To explore the , or effect of mythical literature on contemporary literature, a reader should identify key characters, settings, and plots.

To explore the influence, or effect of mythical literature on contemporary literature, a reader should identify key characters, settings, and plots.

Explanation:

Mythical literature influences contemporary literature in many ways, this is a fact. To explain this influence, the reader must identify key characters, settings, and plots and visualize the relevance of this in the current literature that explains how this influence is established.

a.) literature that explores grotesque characters and eerie, violent occurrences in a dreary setting.