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Lahiri and setting
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❧Jhumpa Lahiri
❧ Bengali-American author
❧ Interpreter of Maladies (1999)❧ Pulitzer Prize
winner❧ The Namesake
(2003)❧ Unaccustomed Earth
(2008)❧ The Lowland
(9/24/13)❧ Booker Prize short
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Bangladesh
❧Bangladesh
❧ 1947 Partition of Bengal and British India❧ West Bengal (Hindu) became part of India❧ East Bengal (Muslim) became part of Pakistan
❧ 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War❧ 8th most populated country❧ 89% Islamic
❧Setting
❧ The “place” of the story, but an author may make of use it several different ways.
❧ Exterior setting: Aspects of setting that occur outside the characters.
❧ Interior setting: Aspects of setting that occur inside the minds and hearts of the characters.
❧Setting
❧ Setting as backdrop: to simply set the stage where the conflict of the story takes place
❧ Setting as atmosphere: to set the mood of the piece and help us to feel or appreciate the character’s emotional state
❧ Setting to lend authenticity: to make the narrative believable by accurately capturing realistic details of place in the story
❧ Setting as situation: to stress the tensions inherent in a situation❧ Setting as motive: to serve as motive or motivation for a character❧ Setting as metaphor: to serve as a metaphor (i.e., as a concrete
expression of an abstract idea)