When a Setting Changes · 当场景发生变化时
A change of place signals other changes
- When a setting changes, it may suggest other movements, changes or shifts in the narrative.
- So a move from a house to a hospital, or a summer to a winter, is rarely only logistics.
- Ask what else changed at the same moment — the answer is usually in the same paragraph.
Moving from the kitchen to the courtroom may change more than the wallpaper.
地点的变化标示着其他变化
- 当背景发生变化时,它可能暗示叙事中其他的移动、变化或转折。
- 因此从房子到医院、从夏到冬的转移,很少只是行程安排。
- 要问在同一时刻还有什么发生了变化——答案通常就在同一段里。
场景从厨房转到法庭，变化的恐怕不只是墙纸。
When a setting changes, it may suggest... · 当场景发生变化时，可能暗示着……
Ask what else changed at the same moment — usually in the same paragraph. · 询问同一时刻还发生了什么——通常在同一段落中。
Settings can be set against each other
- Settings may be contrasted in order to establish a conflict of values or ideas associated with those settings.
- So two places in one story is a structure, not a coincidence.
- Name the value each place carries, and you have named the story's central conflict.
背景之间可以互相对置
- 背景之间可以被对照,以确立与这些背景相关联的价值或观念的冲突。
- 因此一个故事里出现两个地方,是一种结构,不是巧合。
- 说出每个地方所承载的价值,你就说出了这个故事的核心冲突。
A ten-year jump counts as a change of setting. · 十年的跳跃算作场景变化。
Setting is time and place, so movement between years counts. · 场景是时间和地点，因此年份之间的移动也算作变化。
Which place does the story call home?
- When two settings are contrasted, one is usually treated as the place the character belongs to.
- That treatment is a judgement, and it may not be the character's own.
- A story that calls the city an escape and one that calls it an exile use the same two places for opposite arguments.
故事把哪个地方叫作家?
- 当两个背景被对照时,其中一个通常被当作人物所归属的地方。
- 这种处理本身是一种评判,而它未必是人物自己的评判。
- 把城市称作逃脱的故事,与把它称作放逐的故事,用同样两个地方作出了相反的论证。
What kind of setting change is this? · 这是哪种类型的场景变化？
Sort each shift by its type. · 按类型对每次转换进行排序。
Settings may be contrasted to establish a conflict of ____ or ideas. · 通过对比场景来建立____或观念上的冲突。
Name the value each place carries and you have named the central conflict. · 说出每个场景所承载的价值，你就命名了核心冲突。
A jump in time is a change of setting. Setting is time and place, so ten years passing can signal every shift a journey would — new limits, a new social situation, a different self. Looking only for movement between places misses half the changes a story makes.
时间的跳跃就是背景的变化。背景是时间与地点,因此十年过去,可以标示一次旅行所能标示的每一种转折——新的限制、新的社会情境、不同的自我。只去找地点之间的移动,就会错过故事所作变化的一半。
Match each setting to the value it might carry. · 将每个场景与其可能承载的价值匹配。
The conflict of the story is usually the conflict between those values. · 故事的冲突通常是这些价值之间的冲突。
Time counts as a setting change too
- Setting is time and place, so a jump of ten years is a change of setting.
- It can suggest exactly the shifts a change of place would: a new social situation, new limits, a new self.
- Students look for movement between rooms and miss movement between years.
时间的变化同样算作背景变化
- 背景是时间与地点,因此跳过十年就是一次背景变化。
- 它可以暗示地点变化所暗示的同样那些转折:新的社会情境、新的限制、新的自我。
- 学生会去找房间之间的移动,却错过年份之间的移动。
Select all · 所有 the steps of the setting-change pass. · 选择场景变化分析步骤中的所有项。
Counting is not analysis. · 计数不是分析。
A setting-change pass
- Mark every change of place and of time.
- At each, name what else shifted in the same passage.
- Where two settings are contrasted, name the value each one carries.
背景变化检查
- 标出每一次地点与时间的变化。
- 在每一处,说出同一段文字中还有什么发生了转折。
- 在两个背景被对照之处,说出每一个所承载的价值。
The story moves from the farm to a rented room in town. What else changed in that paragraph: he stops being addressed by his surname, and stops being owed anything. Two settings contrasted — one carrying obligation, the other anonymity — and the conflict is between them.
故事从农场移到镇上的一间租屋。同一段里还有什么变了:人们不再用姓氏称呼他,他也不再被任何人亏欠。两个被对照的背景——一个承载着义务,另一个承载着无名——而冲突就在两者之间。
When a setting changes it may suggest other movements, changes or shifts — ask what else changed in the same passage. Settings may be contrasted to establish a conflict of values, so name the value each place carries. And since setting is time and place, a jump in years is a setting change too.
当背景发生变化时,它可能暗示其他的移动、变化或转折——要问同一段中还有什么变了。背景之间可以被对照,以确立价值的冲突,因此要说出每个地方所承载的价值。而由于背景是时间与地点,年份的跳跃同样是背景变化。