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1、Naturalism&TheodoreDreiserNaturalismNaturalismwasaliterarymovementtakingplacefromthe1880sto1940sthatuseddetailedrealismtosuggestthatsocialconditions,heredity,andenvironmenthadinescapableforceinshapinghumancharacter.Itwasdepictedasaliterarymovementthatseekstorepli
2、cateabelievableeverydayreality,asopposedtosuchmovementsasRomanticismorSurrealism,inwhichsubjectsmayreceivehighlysymbolic,idealistic,orevensupernaturaltreatment.Naturalismistheoutgrowthofliteraryrealism,aprominentliterarymovementinmid-19th-centuryFranceandelsewher
3、e.p.8-p.9NaturalisticwriterswereinfluencedbyCharlesDarwin'stheoryofevolution.Theybelievedthatone‘sheredityandsocialenvironmentlargelydetermineone’scharacter.MajorfeaturesofNaturalismThecoreofnaturalismisdeterminism（决定论）Anindividual’scourseinlifeiswhollydetermined
4、bysomecombinationofanimalinstinct,heredity,andenvironment.Humanslackfreedomoftheirownwill.Alloftheiractionsarecontrolled,determined.Theuniverseiscold,godless,indifferentandhostiletohumandesires.Lifebecomesastruggleforsurvival.Twoofthenaturalist’srecurrentconcerns
5、are:socialsystemsthatdestroyanddehumanize,andindividualexperienceoflossandfailure.Naturalismisaharsherandextremeformofrealism.Thenaturalistshaveamajordifferencefromtherealists.Theyfeelrealistsasfartoo“genteel”.Naturalistsdonotlookattheaverage,butattheviolent,sens
6、ational,sordid,unpleasantanduglyaspectsoflife.Theywouldgototheslumsandwriteaboutthelifeofpovertyandcrime.Theywriteaboutwar,prostitution,criminals,andalloftheseotheraspectsoflifethatarenottoopleasanttoconsider.AmericanNaturalismRepresentatives:StephenCrane,FrankNo
7、rris,JackLondonandTheodoreDreiser.Thesewriters’detaileddescriptionofthelivesofthedowntroddenandtheabnormal,theirfranktreatmentofhumanpassionandsexuality,andtheirportrayalofmenandwomenoverwhelmedbyblindforcesofnaturestillexertapowerfulinfluenceonmodernwriters.Theo
8、doreDreiser(1871-1945)LifeExperienceTheodoreHermanAlbertDreiserwasborninTerreHaute,Indiana,onAugust27,1871Fromtheageoffifteen，heearnedmeagersupportfromavariety
