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: -A setting is the time and place in which a story is told.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definitions of setting Setting in literature (books, plays, screenplays and other media) means time and place. Where your story takes place, and when. Context and milleu or social environment, too (what place and time contribute to the possibilities and limits in characters’ lives).

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Students are familiar with the four types of setting: physical, social, historical and psychological.