American+Literature+--+Naturalism

= Characteristics: =
 * = Survival, determinism, violence, and taboo are key themes. =
 * = Scientific detachment rather than church-based ideology. =
 * = Reality without illusion. =
 * = A person cannot escape his fate; people are helpless victims of heredity and environment, adrift in an indifferent universe. =
 * = The universe is unpredictable;fate is determined by chance; free will is an illusion. =
 * = Characters' behavior is influenced by the environment, by forces they can't understand or control; attempts at free will are futile. =
 * = Humans will behave like animals in extreme circumstances--the brute within; individuals are composed of strong and often warring emotions. =

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= WRITERS: =

= @Stephen Crane =

= @Theodore Dreiser =

= @Jack London =

= @Frank Norris =

= @John Steinbeck =

= @Edith Wharton =

= @Richard Wright =

Page updated 8/01/15.