Compare and Contrast the use of setting in at least two of the texts you have examined this semester

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Compare and Contrast the use of setting in at least two of the texts you have examined this semester.

Twentieth Century Fiction brought about change in literary methods and the development of different narrative styles. Modernism a term that came in to use, since the second world war, challenges traditional concepts of story and plot, and brings about questioning, looking for meaning and truth. The Modernist novel delves in to the sub conscious minds of its characters, bringing about techniques such as 'stream of consciousness'. Post Modernism celebrates the modern world rather than question it, rejecting the idea of truth and meaning. It rejects grand narratives and explores the extreme, mixing fantasy with what is real; this is seen in the technique 'Magic Realism'. Some Twentieth Century Fiction, in particular Modernism and Post Modernism present human beings alienated from their environment.

This essay will explore the use of setting in two Twentieth Century novels, 'The Magic Toyshop', (1969) by Angela Carter, which is a form of post modernist writing and 'Love on the Dole', (1933) by Walter Greenwood, which can be classed as Modernism. The setting of the novel can be very important in social and historical factors, depicting the mood of the environment the novel takes place and how it relates to the story being told.
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Walter Greenwood sets his novel 'Love on the Dole' in Salford, a well-known industrial town, which is highly specific to the story:

"The identical houses of yesterday remain, still valuable

in the estate market, not to mention a highly satisfactory

profit, has been paid for over and over again by the

tenants." (1)

Thus depicting the social issues and capitalism of the time and place the novel is set, whereas Angela Carter sets most of her novel 'The Magic Toyshop' in London, where a mass of concealed relationships, secrets and indirect forms ...

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