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

Dannemiller, Alexander S.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366114007

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2013, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, English (Arts and Sciences).
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.
Joan Connor (Committee Chair)
Eric LeMay (Committee Member)
Patrick O'Keeffe (Committee Member)
101 p.
American Literature; Fine Arts; Gender; Language; Literature; Modern 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

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  • Dannemiller, A. S. (2013). A Place to Be: The Relationship Between Setting and Character in Short Stories [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366114007

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dannemiller, Alexander. A Place to Be: The Relationship Between Setting and Character in Short Stories. 2013. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366114007.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dannemiller, Alexander. "A Place to Be: The Relationship Between Setting and Character in Short Stories." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366114007

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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