ANALISIS LATAR DALAM NOVEL MENGGAPAI MENTARI KARYA ELISA HERMAN Dina Nofriani, Emil Septia, Wahyudi Rahmat Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat dinanofriani1192@gmail.com ABSTRACT This research is distributed by novel in describes settimg and events so that the reader as if real saw it. Menggapai Mentari, Novel Work Of Elisha Herman, describe the setting that can be made as lessons such as place, time and social, as well as lessons of life that is based on real. The purpose of this study was to describe the analysis of the background in the novel Menggapai Mentari, created by Elisa Herman. This type of research is qualitative research using descriptive method. The Data in this study is the text the form of words, sentences, and discourse there setting is in the novel about Menggapai Mentari works of Elisa Herman. The data source in this research is novel Menggapai Mentari created by Elisa Herman. The research results showed that first,background spot found in the novels Mengapai Mentari in novel Elisa Herman i.e. Home sick, ladder Stops Transjakarta, a national monument, the building of the Hotel Indonesia Round about, Independence, Office Gubernur Jakarta, Office the Commission on elections to the Public and few places more ever in frequent by Elisa met with His Idols Joko Widodo. Second, setting the time featured in the novels Menggapai Mentari by of Elisha Herman with the word "Month". Time described a character in the novel is 30 if the count by day. Time the exposed "when" the occurrence of events. Third, settimg social can be assured and the ambiance of a particular regional councils through the social life of the community. Latar social how thinking, attitudes and beliefs, the way a character believes something, value and social, how tradition/habit alive. Decanted through attitude character Elisa in the fight for what. Keywords: Analysis, Background, Novel PENDAHULUAN Novel merupakan bagian dari karya fiksi yang memuat pengalaman manusia secara menyeluruh atau merupakan suatu terjemahan tentang hidup yang bersentuhan dengan kehidupan manusia, sehingga dapat dikatakan bahwa karya fiksi berupa novel adalah suatu potret realitas yang terwujud melalui bahasa yang estetis dan kreatif. Karya kreatif dalam cerita fiksi, pengarang tidak hanya bertindak sebagai pencerita melainkan sebagai aktor yang turut