Reflection of Naturalism and Darwinism in Dreiser' s Sister Carrie

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Reflection of Naturalism and Darwinism in Dreiser' s Sister Carrie

Abstract：Naturalism is a significant school of literature in American literary history. This thesis mainly reviews the background, development, and characteristic of the realism and naturalism literature, and states the significant person in Naturalism literature-Dreiser and his. important literary position and analyzes the reflection of naturalism and Darwinism in Sister Carrie. Through the analysis of determinism, desire, ethics and detail description, a conclusion is made: the factors affecting the novel' s writing not only include the author' s own experiences but also the main social ideology in his living years.
Keywords：naturalism;Darwinism;evolution;desire

出版日期：2009年7月20日