Which of these is the audience of a piece of literature?

People who are reading the story.

Explanation:

Literature includes any written piece or material that is presumed to have artistic or intellectual value. It includes numerous classifications like poetry,drama, story, fiction, non-fiction, epic,prose,verse,etc. In the given question, the example that illustrates the audience of a piece of literature is 'people who are reading the story' as the story displays a piece of literature and people reading it represents the audience for whom the art(story) was created. Thus, option third is the answer.

first of all, dante wanted to write an account of the search for spiritual atonement and salvation, and this desire drew heavily from dante's own experiences. dante was living in exile while writing inferno and so, much like his poetic counterpart, he felt like he had lost his way and needed direction.

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