A Place to Be: The Relationship Between Setting and Character in Short Stories

This thesis addresses how setting and character in short stories can affect and reflect one another. Does place function as more than a location where plot occurs? How does it become a part of the characters themselves? Three short stories, “Babylon Revisited,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” by Ernest Hemingway, and “Where I’m Calling From,” by Raymond Carver, are analyzed for their abilities to successfully link aspects of their settings to the qualities of characters. The essay finds that place is most effective when it influences the characters while also reflecting their emotional and mental status. Three original short stories by the author are then presented as attempts to consider the relationship between setting and character.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English (Arts and Sciences)

Grantor dc:publisher

Ohio University

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Dannemiller, Alexander S.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Connor, Joan

• Gender
• Language
• Literature
• Modern Literature
• Fine Arts
• American Literature
• Personal Relationships
• place
• setting
• character
• hemingway
• fitzgerald
• carver
• babylon revisted
• a clean, well-lighted place
• where I'm calling from
• ohio
• california
• detroit
• anonymous
• fiction
• cincinnati
• los angeles
• twitter
• identity
• cincinnati subway
• anonymity

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366114007

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:ohiou1366114007