An alysis on the elements and types of setting in Novel Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

ABSTRACT

Setting is the element of fiction that refers to where and when (place and time) a character does an action, setting can not be separated from other elements of fiction because it has a function to make the story become life-like, concrete and clear.

In this research, the writer analyzes the types of setting and also its elements of setting that are used in the novel Gulliver’s Travels. Setting refers to time and place in which an action occurs and also to the prevailing political, moral, and social attitudes of the society in which the characters alive.

The research problems in this study are: (1) What are the elements of setting used in the novel Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift and (2) What are the types of setting are used in the novel.

This study focused on the description on the elements of setting used in the novel "Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift and the types of setting used in the novel. The researcher hopes that this study provides a contribution toward the literature study, especially on the elements and types of setting.

The writer also presents the related literature about setting that consist of the definition of setting, the types of setting that consist of neutral setting and spiritual setting, the elements of setting, and the function of setting so the reader can read the theory that are related with the analysis of the thesis.

The wnter start her writing by reading the theories of the setting. After reading the theories she reads and comprehending the novel as sources of data. Then after finishing reading the novel she start to analyze the setting of the novel by categorizing types of the setting and also the elements of setting used in the novel.

The result of this study are the elements and types of setting described by the author in the novel ،،Gulliver's Travels”, The data obtained four categories, which are accordance with the division of the story. The elements of setting are illustrated that the actual geographical are found in twelve topographies, the scenery in the form of tallest tree. The details of room’s interior is not found in the novel. The main’s character activities are sailing and learning navigation, mathematics and physics. The story takes place in the eighteenth century. The seasons are summer and winter. ،The religion condition is not found in the novel. Moral condition is shown by the main character and his family. The intellectual condition is sliown by die main character and his friend. The social condition is shown by die Lilliputians. The types of setting found in the novel, namely neutral setting. The neutral setting found in the Blefuscu and in Downs. The spiritual setting is not found in the novel.