Setting :Setting When and where a story takes place


Slide 2:As the place of fiction, setting is generally a physical locale that shapes a story's mood, its emotional aura or quality.


Slide 3:Real or imaginary, concrete or symbolic, a moment or an eternity, setting is the dramatic backdrop for a story.


Setting is important because... :Setting is important because... Setting reveals prevailing atmosphere or mood If the time or place setting of the story changes, consider how the changes alter the outcome of the story.


Setting is important because... :setting shows internal and external conflicts setting highlights potential contrasts between characters or ideas Setting is important because...


Setting is important because... :setting can determine the fate of the protagonist setting reflects character and often embodies theme. Setting is important because...


Slide 7:If Victor Frankenstein does all of his experiments in "a solitary chamber, or rather a cell, at the top of the house, and separated from all the other apartments by a staircase" we might conclude that there is something anti-social, isolated, and stale, maybe even unnatural, about his project and his way of learning.


Roles of Setting: :Roles of Setting: as a mirror to reflect what is going on inside the characters as a mold to shape the characters into who they are


Setting may also act... :Setting may also act... as a challenge providing a test for the character to reveal his or her true self as an alien setting that creates a sense of exile and loss


Slide 10:The setting may be an escape which allows more whimsical and fantastic parts of the character to be expressed. An external force may enter the setting and change it, causing conflict for the characters. The setting itself may be an antagonist


Slide 11:Two settings may also come into conflict with each other, causing conflict in the characters who must live in them and perhaps have to choose between them.


Slide 12:"Every story would be another story, and unrecognizable if it took up its characters and plot and happened somewhere else... Fiction depends for its life on place. Place is the crossroads of circumstance, the proving ground of, What happened? Who's here? Who's coming?..." --Eudora Welty


Types of Setting :Types of Setting Physical Setting Geographical Setting Cultural Setting Historical Setting


Physical Setting :Physical Setting Time of day Season Weather / Temperature Indoors/Outdoors


Physical Setting :Physical Setting Physical Setting: Type of room/building Objects Colors Imagery—5 senses


A note about time: :A note about time: Clock time: this can be used to provide suspense or create certain moods or feelings—time is also an important literary symbol. Seasonal time: the seasons or a span of time associated with a particular activity may be important as a symbol.


Geographical Setting :Geographical Setting Location, including country (Japan, Mexico, Scotland) region (north/south, upper/lower end) state/ city neighborhood street floor/level (basement, attic etc...) urban / rural / suburban


Cultural Setting: the values, ideals, and attitudes of a place :Cultural Setting: the values, ideals, and attitudes of a place Non-physical cultural setting: influences such as education, social standing, economic class, and religious belief. Physical cultural setting: characters' dialogue, thoughts, statements, and behaviors.


Historical Setting :Historical Setting Time period, year, reign of a leader, President, role of government, major recent events, transportation, crop yield, epidemics, wars, natural disasters, etc... can establish a psychological or sociological understanding of behaviors and attitudes.


How will your setting function? :How will your setting function? End of presentation.