Naturalism of Dreiser in Sister Carrie论嘉莉妹妹中的自然主义

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1、NaturalisminSisterCarrieAbstract:TheodoreDreiser,thewriterofSisterCarrie,isoneofthemostoutstandingrepresentativesofAmericannaturalism.Inthisthesis,hisfirstnovelSisterCarrieistakenasanexampletoanalyzethefeaturesofDreiser’snaturalism.Thethesisreferredtothreegreathistoricala

2、ndculturalbackgroundofthenovelwhichareDarwinism,Determinism,AmericanNaturalismandIndustrialRevolution.Andthethesisanalyzesthreefeaturesofnaturalism.Atlast,wepayattentiontoDreiser’sexploration------humandesireandrevelationofthedarksideofhumannatureKeyWords:NaturalismDarwin

3、ismdesireenvironmenthumannatureNaturalismofDreiserinSisterCarrieIntroductionTheodorDreiser(1871-1945)，anAmericanauthor,outstandingrepresentativeofnaturalism,whosenovelsdepictreal-lifesubjectsinaharshlight.Manyofhisworksreferredtothedescriptionofnaturalismandweakenedhiscri

4、ticalspirit.HisfirstnovelSisterCarriepublishedin1990revealedthefinancialdisparityandthemoraldeclineofAmericansocietyandthusregardedasforbiddenbook.Butnowthebookbecomesoneofthebest-sellersofAmericanliteraturebecauseofthenaturalisticfeaturesinit.ThenDreiserisregardedasapion

5、eerofAmericannaturalismandasanaturalistDreiserexpressesthecharacteristicsofnaturalisminmostofhisworks.ThethemesofDarwinismandDeterminismarethecommonfeaturesofDreiser’sstorywhichalsocharacterizeSisterCarrie.Dreiserchosetoreflectlifetruthfulinhisworkswhenothernovelsdealonly

6、withthebeautifulaspectsoflife,.ItisnotanexaggerationtosaythatDreiser'sSisterCarrieclearsthewayforthedevelopmentofAmericanfiction.Fromfollowanalysisofthreeaspectsandconclusion,wecanfindoutthe9naturalismofDreiserinSisterCarrie1.ThehistoricalandculturalbackgroundforSisterCar

7、rieTheodoreDreiser'sSisterCarriereflectstheprofoundtransformationsinAmericanlifeinthelatenineteenthcentury.1.1DarwinismandDeterminismIn1859,Darwin’sTheOriginofSpecieappeared.Itsoonchangedman’srecognition.BeforeDarwin,humanwasseparatedfromtheanimalsbecauseofitsmoral.Howeve

8、r,atthistimeevolutionistconsideredhumanasapartofnaturalthingsandamemberoftheanimalkingdom.Americ