American Naturalism in Literature
• late-nineteenth-century America and is often associated with literary ‎realism.‎
• Emile Zola, the renowned French author ‎
• Naturalism Attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity and ‎Detachment to its study of human beings.‎
• George Becker's famous naturalism's philosophical
• Walcutt says that the Naturalistic novel offers “clinical, panoramic
• Nature as an indifferent force acting on the lives of human beings.‎
• Key themes of are Naturalism survival, determinism, ‎violence, and taboo.‎
• Naturalistic writers used a version of the scientific method ‎to write their novels ‎
• Naturalism describes a type of literature that attempts to ‎apply scientific principles of objectivity and detachment to ‎its study of human beings.‎
• Naturalism is often associated with realism, which also ‎seeks to accurately represent human existence.‎
• A naturalist depicts a character’s actions as determined by ‎environmental forces.‎
• ‎ slice-of-life” drama that is often a “chronicle of despair”‎
• American naturalist writers were particularly influenced by ‎the French ‎
• naturalism Viewed as a combination of realism and romanticism