1. Explain how in your view the settings in 'Fathers and Sons' contribute to Turgenev's 'ideological statement'.

2. Consider whether 'setting' acts in a similar way in either 'Frankenstein' or 'Great Expectations'.

There are many ways in which the word 'setting' may be applied to a novel. Some of these include: The time and place(s) in which the action in the novel takes place; whether or not the novel is being read in its original form, or through the actions of a translator; the narrative voice; the date of its publication in relation to the action contained within it; how the work was first presented to the public; the relationship of socio-political attitudes at the time of its publication to those presented by the author; the author's own such attitudes and whether they colour the way the story unfolds.

While it is not necessary for a work to reflect an 'ideological statement', it cannot be denied that both Fathers and Sons and Great Expectations both have such statements implicit in the way they were written. The differences between the two works are more numerous than the similarities, so the focus of this piece will be on the way that both authors use physical settings

to enhance these ideological statements.

Turning to Great Expectations, it also reflects some of the social issues of its author's day. Magwitch's deportation and return are used to show the iniquities and harshness of the judicial system in force. Pip's rise from humble beginnings is used to point out the sometimes-ridiculous snobbishness of the class system prevailing at the time. While Dickens' zeal for change in these systems is a matter for academic debate, there is evidence that he held similar liberal views to Turgenev in relation to social change, proposing 'reform rather than revolution'. (RN, p.158)

While there are many other examples in both works of the authors using physical settings to subtly enhance their underlying messages, the ones quoted here are some of the most memorable and stick in the reader's mind long after the novels have been put aside.

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