Architectural Settings in Three Novels

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This paper shows that creating an accurate setting for a book is as important, if not more important, than the depiction of characters. It analyzes the settings of these novels all which deal with so called "primitive" conditions as their subject matter. The writer shows that the stories do not take place in a thriving modern metropolis, but in areas well removed from the western eye.

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"A detailed depiction of the architecture in a scene often adds to the credibility of the story. In the books Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, architecture is used not only as a scene setter but also as a testament to socio-economic values and cultural beliefs. Much of the architecture described belongs to the indigenous people of the stories or the Caucasians who were forced to act as if they were natives because of the lack of "modern" conveniences."

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