Article Open Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2022.08.006
American Naturalism and its Presentation in Sister Carrie
Mi Xiang1,*, Penghai Shi2
1German Institute of Engineering, Chongqing College of Mobile Communication, Chongqing, China.
2School of Foreign Studies, Chang'an University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
*Corresponding author: Mi Xiang
Published: August 18,2022
Abstract
The dozens of studies on naturalism have been done around the globe, but the study focusing on American naturalism and its embodiment in Sister Carrie is limited. At the end of the 19th century, with the intension of social contradictions and the quick development of science and technology, pessimistic fateful naturalism literature came into being under the mutual influence of local literature of Europe and the United States and gradually gained its popularity in American novel writing and drew people’s attention. Theodore Dreiser is worldwide considered the pioneer of the American literary naturalism and his masterpiece, Sister Carrie, is the representative of naturalism but it is also criticized most. This paper, through the method of literature analysis, aims to analyze the characteristics of American naturalism, discusses its connotation, and analyzes its presentation in Sister Carrie as well as its influence on the contemporaries, hoping to make contributions to further exploration of humanity.
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How to cite this paper
American Naturalism and its Presentation in Sister Carrie
How to cite this paper: Mi Xiang, Penghai Shi. (2022). American Naturalism and its Presentation in Sister Carrie. The Educational Review, USA, 6(8), 367-373.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2022.08.006