Setting 背景: the context in which the action of a story occurs.
The major elements of setting:
- time, place, and the social environment that frames the characters.
- They establish the world in which the characters act. If we’re sensitive to the contexts provided by settings, we’re better able to understand the behavior of the characters and the significance of their actions.
Features of setting:
- They can be relevant to the overall purpose of a story.
- They can be used a means of revealing mood, idea, meaning, or characters' actions, but not all--Some stories have no particularly significant setting
- Sometimes they have traditional associations that are closely related to the action of a story, but sometimes not—writer would reverse traditional expectations.
- If a shift in setting would make serious difference to our understanding of a story, then it is probably an important element in the work.
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