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The document discusses the setting in narrative works, which refers to the time and location of a story. A setting provides context and establishes mood. It can be a natural environment, cultural background, or man-made place. Common setting types include fictional worlds, cities, countries, and time periods.

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Setting (Narrative) - Wikipedia

The document discusses the setting in narrative works, which refers to the time and location of a story. A setting provides context and establishes mood. It can be a natural environment, cultural background, or man-made place. Common setting types include fictional worlds, cities, countries, and time periods.

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Setting (narrative)

A setting (or backdrop) is the time and geographic location within a narrative, either non-fiction or fiction. It is a literary element. The setting initiates the main
backdrop and mood for a story. The setting can be referred to as story world[1] or milieu to include a context (especially society) beyond the immediate surroundings of
the story. Elements of setting may include culture, historical period, geography, and hour. Along with the plot, character, theme, and style, setting is considered one of the
fundamental components of fiction.[2]

Role
Setting may refer to the social milieu in which the events of a novel occur.[3][4] The elements of the story setting include the passage of time, which may be static in some
stories or dynamic in others with, for example, changing seasons.

A setting can take three basic forms. One is the natural world, or in an outside place. In this setting, the natural landscapes of the world play an important part in a
narrative, along with living creatures and different times of weather conditions and seasons. The second form exists as the cultural and historical background in which the
narrative resides. Past events that have impacted the cultural background of characters or locations are significant in this way. The third form of a setting is a public or
private place that has been created/maintained and/or resided in by people. Examples of this include a house, a park, a street, a school, etc.[5]

Types
Setting may take various forms:

Alternate history
Campaign setting
Constructed world
Dream world
Dystopia
Fantasy world
Fictional city
Fictional country
Fictional crossover
Fictional location
Fictional universe
Future history
Imaginary world
Mythical place
Parallel universe
Planets in science fiction
Simulated reality
Utopia
Virtual reality

See also
British regional literature
Index of fictional places
Landscape
List of fictional universes
Setting
Worldbuilding

Notes
1. Truby (2007, p. 145) 4. Levin (1992, pp. 110–112)
2. Obstfeld (2002, pp. 1, 65, 115, 171) 5. Roberts & Zweig (2014, pp. 238–239)
3. Lodge (1992, pp. 58–60)

References
Levin, Donna (1992), Get That Novel Started (https://archive.org/details/getthatnovelstar00levi), Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, ISBN 0-89879-
517-6
Lodge, David (1992), The Art of Fiction, London: Martin, Secker & Warburg Ltd, ISBN 0-14-017492-3
Obstfeld, Raymond (2002), Fiction First Aid: Instant Remedies for Novels, Stories and Scripts (https://archive.org/details/fictionfirstaidi0000obst),
Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, ISBN 1-58297-117-X
Roberts, Edgar V.; Zweig, Robert (2014), Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing, Pearson, ISBN 9780321944788
Rozelle, Ron (2005). Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting. Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books. ISBN 1-58297-327-X.
Truby, John (2007), Anatomy of a Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller, New York, NY: Faber and Faber, Inc, ISBN 978-0-86547-951-7

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