Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Setting
Explanation and Analysis:
First published serially in a London magazine in 1914, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is set in Dublin in the late 19th century. Dublin is very important to the story because it is tied to Stephen's discontent. He becomes aware of the squalid urban setting and dislikes the dirtiness of the city (which contrasts with the artistic inspiration he finds in the idyllic Blackrock and the seashore).