FYBA  SHORT NOTES FOR Q 1

Setting:

Setting is  broadly defined as the physical location (including the region, geography, climate, neighborhood, buildings, and interiors ) and the time (such as weather, lighting, the season, and the hour ) of a story.  It provides the background to the actions of the characters  But it is more than a mere backdrop for action; it is an interactive aspect of the fictional world that saturates the story with mood, meaning, and thematic connotations .

1.   Locale. This relates to broad categories such as a country, state, region, city, and town, as well as to more specific locales, such as a neighborhood, street, house or school. Other locales can include shorelines, islands, farms, rural areas, etc.

 2.    Time of year. The time of year is richly evocative and influential in fiction. Time of year includes the seasons, but also encompasses holidays, such as Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and Halloween. Significant dates can also be used, such as the anniversary of a death of a character or real person, or the anniversary of a battle, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor.3.    Time of day. Scenes need to play out during various times or periods during a day or night, such as dawn or dusk. Readers have clear associations with different periods of the day, making an easy way to create a visual orientation in a scene.4.      Mood and atmosphere. Characters and events are influenced by weather, temperature, lighting, and other tangible factors, which in turn influence the mood, and atmosphere of a scene.5.      Geography. This refers to specific aspects of water, landforms, ecosystems,climate, soil, plants, trees, rocks . Geography can create obvious influences in a story like a mountain a character must climb, a swift-running river he must cross,6.    Man-made geography. E.G. dams, bridges, ports, towns and cities, monuments, burial grounds, cemeteries, and famous buildings. 

7.  Periods  of historical /social/political/cultural /importance. Important events, wars, or historical periods linked to t he plot and theme might include the Civil war, World War II, medieval times, industrial revolution, pre Independence era, etc.