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

2、threegreathistoricalandculturalbackgroundofthenovelwhichareDarwinism,Determinism,AmericanNaturalismandIndustrialRevolution.Andthethesisanalyzesthreefeaturesofnaturalism.Atlast,wepayattentiontoDreiser’sexploration------humandesireandrevelationofthedark

3、sideofhumannatureKeyWords:NaturalismDarwinismdesireenvironmenthumannatureNaturalismofDreiserinSisterCarrieIntroductionTheodorDreiser(1871-1945)，anAmericanauthor,outstandingrepresentativeofnaturalism,whosenovelsdepictreal-lifesubjectsinaharshlight.Many

4、ofhisworksreferredtothedescriptionofnaturalismandweakenedhiscriticalspirit.HisfirstnovelSisterCarriepublishedin1990revealedthefinancialdisparityandthemoraldeclineofAmericansocietyandthusregardedasforbiddenbook.Butnowthebookbecomesoneofthebest-sellerso

5、fAmericanliteraturebecauseofthenaturalisticfeaturesinit.ThenDreiserisregardedasapioneerofAmericannaturalismandasanaturalistDreiserexpressesthecharacteristicsofnaturalisminmostofhisworks.ThethemesofDarwinismandDeterminismarethecommonfeaturesofDreiser’s

6、storywhichalsocharacterizeSisterCarrie.Dreiserchosetoreflectlifetruthfulinhisworkswhenothernovelsdealonlywiththebeautifulaspectsoflife,.ItisnotanexaggerationtosaythatDreiser'sSisterCarrieclearsthewayforthedevelopmentofAmericanfiction.Fromfollowanalysi

7、softhreeaspectsandconclusion,wecanfindoutthe6naturalismofDreiserinSisterCarrie1.ThehistoricalandculturalbackgroundforSisterCarrieTheodoreDreiser'sSisterCarriereflectstheprofoundtransformationsinAmericanlifeinthelatenineteenthcentury.1.1DarwinismandDet

8、erminismIn1859,Darwin’sTheOriginofSpecieappeared.Itsoonchangedman’srecognition.BeforeDarwin,humanwasseparatedfromtheanimalsbecauseofitsmoral.However,atthistimeevolutionistconsideredhumanasapartofnaturalthingsandamemberoftheanimalkingdom.Americ