Differences and Similarities Between Realism and Naturalism in American Literature 崔璨

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Realism in American Literature American Realism was a literary movement happened between 1860s and 1910s. It stresses truthful treatment of material and commonness of the lives of the common people. Mark Twain ,William Dean Howells Henry James

Naturalism in American Literature Naturalism dominated American literature from 1890s to 1920s. The Naturalism tends to describe the reality and depict the dark side of the society. Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Stephen Crane, Frank Norris

Differences & Similarities Background Booming of economy Science & technology War Civil War WWI Zola Darwin Chase of wealth and fame Business conquering the world N R

Differences & Similarities Writing features Character R: middle class, facing moral or ethical choices,a ordinary person, one key character N: low class,under the will of forces, a helpless object, more the one key character

Differences & Similarities Writing features Plot R:in real world, facts, daily routines N:realistic picture of events, hopeless situation, miserable

Differences & Similarities Writing features Style R:describing things as they exist in reality, dialects N:convey a character, setting or thing so that the mood or atmosphere appears irreversibly doomed, dialects

Differences & Similarities Theme R:reveal the real world precisely, ordinary struggles of the common man N:struggles in real world, the indifference and determinism of the universe; cruelty of the natural world

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