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【正文】 nature, not a bad girl. She is a product of the society, a realization of the theory that the fittest survive. Charlie Drouet ? Charlie Drouet is a charming, flashy (浮華的 ) salesman with a strong appetite for romance. Although he is warmhearted, he never takes any of his romantic affairs seriously. He provides Carrie with a place to stay after she is forced to stop living with her sister。s theory of evolution. They believed that one‘ s heredity and social environment largely determine one’ s character. Whereas realism seeks only to describe subjects as they really are, naturalism also attempts to determine “ scientifically” the underlying forces (. the environment or heredity) influencing the actions of its subjects. Naturalistic works often include uncouth粗野的 or sordid骯臟的 subject matter Major features of Naturalism The core of naturalism is determinism（ 決定論 ） ? An individual’s course in life is wholly determined by some bination of animal instinct, heredity, and environment. ? Humans lack freedom of their own will. All of their actions are controlled, determined. The universe is cold, godless, indifferent and hostile to human desires. Life bees a struggle for survival. ? Two of the naturalist’s recurrent concerns are: social systems that destroy and dehumanize, and individual experience of loss and failure. Naturalism is a harsher and extreme form of realism. The naturalists have a major difference from the realists. They feel realists as far too “genteel”. ? Naturalists do not look at the average, but at the violent, sensational, sordid, unpleasant and ugly aspects of life. ? They would go to the slums and write about the life of poverty and crime. ? They write about war, prostitution, criminals, and all of these other aspects of life that are not too pleasant to consider. American Naturalism ? Representatives: ? Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Jack London and Theodore Dreiser. ? These writers’ detailed description of the lives of the downtrodden and the abnormal, their frank treatment of human passion and sexuality, and their portrayal of men and women overwhelmed by blind forces of nature still exert a powerful influence on modern writers. Theodore Dreiser (18711945) Catalogue ? ?Life of Dreiser ? ?Works of Dreiser ? ?Work Analysis of Sister Carrie ? ?Writing styles of Dreiser ? ?Evaluation on Theodore Dreiser Dreiser’s life American novelist and journalist ? 1871 born in Indiana? At 16 years oldforced to leave home in search of work. ? 18891890 study at Indiana University. ? In 1892 started to write for the Chicago Globe ? In 1898Dreiser married, a Missouri schoolteacher ? in 1909separated permanently from Sara White. ? In 1900 his first novel Sister Carrie was publi
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