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Setting  (set-ting) n.- The time and place in which circumstances surrounding a situation or event occurs. The setting includes time periods (1950s), location (Cuba), communities (Bronx), or worlds (sci-fi).  
Setting  (set-ting) n.- The time and place in which circumstances surrounding a situation or event occurs. The setting includes time periods (1950s), location (Cuba), communities (Bronx), or worlds (sci-fi).  


Setting allows the exploration of characters and their surroundings in order to better understand them. "In "Antigone" by Sophocles, the location is Thebes near Athens in front of the great palace. The story unfolds over a 24-hour time period in 441 B.C." (Mitchell-Boyask,1)From this information, the tone of the story can be detected, and the setting plays a huge role in the story line (Sophocles).
Setting allows the exploration of characters and their surroundings in order to better understand them. "A setting may be simple or elaborate, used to create ambiance, lend credibility or realism, emphasize or accentuate, organize, or even distract the reader" (Endriga).  


In "The Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, the setting is a little more complicated. Because the story is a reflection of another, the setting varies. The initial story is set on a boat at the mouth of the Thames River at sunset. The story that is told by the narrator is set in various parts of the African Congo(Conrad). The setting is the key to not only to forming the story, but forming the understanding of the story for the reader.
In ''Antigone'' by Sophocles, the location is Thebes near Athens in front of the great palace. The story unfolds over a 24-hour time period in 441 B.C. (Mitchell-Boyask 1) From this information, the tone of the story can be detected, and the setting plays a huge role in the story line.
 
In ''Heart of Darkness'' by Joseph Conrad, the setting is a little more complicated. Because the story is a reflection of another, the setting varies. The initial story is set on a boat at the mouth of the Thames River at sunset. The story that is told by the narrator is set in various parts of the African Congo.
 
In'' Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens, the setting is represented through the characters. "The first glimpse of the city Oliver sees is not even the city itself, but instead a product of the city in the form of "The Artful Dodger"(Deutschendorf)."The setting is the key to not only to forming the story, but forming the understanding of the story for the reader.




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==Works Cited==
==Works Cited==
*Deutschendorf, Brian. ''The Explicator''. Washington: Spring 2005.Vol. 63, Iss. 3;  pg. 146, 4 pgs


*Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness."
Tuttle Publishing. February 1995.
*Endriga, Kate. "All American: Glossary of Literary Terms."
University of North Carolina at Pembroke. 14 Febuary 2006


*Endriga, Kate. "All American: Glossary of Literary Terms." University of North Carolina at Pembroke. 14 Febuary 2006
<http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm>.  
<http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm>.  




*Harris, Robert. "Evaluating Internet Research Sources."
*Mitchell-Boyask, Robin. "Study Guide for Sophocles' Antigone." Temple University 2004. 14 February 2006
 
VirtualSalt. 17 Nov. 1997.  14 February 2006
 
<http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm>.
 
 
*Mitchell-Boyask, Robin. "Study Guide for Sophocles' Antigone."
 
Temple University 2004. 14 February 2006
 
<http://www.temple.edu/classics/antigone.html>.
<http://www.temple.edu/classics/antigone.html>.


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*Sophocles, Paul Woodruff (translator)."Antigone."
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Hackett Publishing Company September 2001.  
[http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/sophocles_oedipus03.htm Antigone]




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[http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/19/46/frameset.html Heart of Darkness]
The time and place where the story occurs. According to Myers "The major elements of setting are the time, the place, and the social environment that frames the characters" (2118).  The setting also sets the mood to prepare the reader for what will occur later in the story. Myers also states that "writers choose a particular setting because of traditional association with that setting that are closely related to the action of the story" (2118). For example, romance stories usually take place in exoctic locations. According to Singleton and Millet, setting is "the total environment" (1198) of the story.
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[[Literary Terms]]


==Works Cited==
[http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/19/46/frameset.html Olivet Twist]
*Beardsley, Monroe C. "Theme and Form". 3rd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall 1969.
*Meyer, Michael. "The Bedford Introduction to Liturature Reading, Thinking, and Writing". 4th ed. Boston: Bedford Books  of St. Martin Press 1996.
*Millet, Stanton and Ralph H. Singleton, eds. "An Introduction to Literature". Cleveland: The World Publishing Company 1966.

Revision as of 12:56, 16 February 2006

Setting (set-ting) n.- The time and place in which circumstances surrounding a situation or event occurs. The setting includes time periods (1950s), location (Cuba), communities (Bronx), or worlds (sci-fi).

Setting allows the exploration of characters and their surroundings in order to better understand them. "A setting may be simple or elaborate, used to create ambiance, lend credibility or realism, emphasize or accentuate, organize, or even distract the reader" (Endriga).

In Antigone by Sophocles, the location is Thebes near Athens in front of the great palace. The story unfolds over a 24-hour time period in 441 B.C. (Mitchell-Boyask 1) From this information, the tone of the story can be detected, and the setting plays a huge role in the story line.

In Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the setting is a little more complicated. Because the story is a reflection of another, the setting varies. The initial story is set on a boat at the mouth of the Thames River at sunset. The story that is told by the narrator is set in various parts of the African Congo.

In Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, the setting is represented through the characters. "The first glimpse of the city Oliver sees is not even the city itself, but instead a product of the city in the form of "The Artful Dodger"(Deutschendorf)."The setting is the key to not only to forming the story, but forming the understanding of the story for the reader.


Literary Terms

Works Cited

  • Deutschendorf, Brian. The Explicator. Washington: Spring 2005.Vol. 63, Iss. 3; pg. 146, 4 pgs


  • Endriga, Kate. "All American: Glossary of Literary Terms." University of North Carolina at Pembroke. 14 Febuary 2006

<http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm>.


  • Mitchell-Boyask, Robin. "Study Guide for Sophocles' Antigone." Temple University 2004. 14 February 2006

<http://www.temple.edu/classics/antigone.html>.

Full Text of Referenced Examples

Antigone


Heart of Darkness


Olivet Twist

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