ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Setting is the time and place an author chooses for a literary work. A setting can be a real time period and geographical location or a fictional world and unfamiliar time period.

Detailed explanation-2: -Environmental setting is the wider world of our story, not just naturally but also socially and politically. A character’s values, biases, and expectations can be a result of their natural world or their cultural one.

Detailed explanation-3: -The setting of a story is a literary device that establishes when and where its plot takes place. Also known as backdrop, a story setting can be drawn from imagination or based on historic events, as well as geographical locations in the real world (such as a specific city, or the house of a character).

Detailed explanation-4: -A narrative’s setting is the place where the story takes place. This scene might take place anywhere, including your house, school, or a faraway mythical realm. There is a location in every story. Within a narrative, whether nonfiction or fiction, the setting refers to both the period and the geographical area.