Unit 14 Late Nineteenth Centurv: 1890 1910: American Naturalism Two Approaches to the Concept Of Naturalism(from Pizer, Realism and Naturalism in Nineteenth-Centur American Literature, Carbondale Southern Illinois UP, 1966): 1. That it is an extension or continuation of Realism with the addition of pessimistic determinism
Unit 14 Late Nineteenth Century: 1890- 1910: American Naturalism ◼ Two Approaches to the Concept Of Naturalism (from Pizer, Realism and Naturalism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1966.) : ◼ 1. That it is an extension or continuation of Realism with the addition of pessimistic determinism
m no more than an emphatic and explicit philosophical position taken by some Realists ..(that position being one of)a pessimistic materialistic determinism George J. Becker It is Realism with a" necessitation ideology. Richard chase 2, That it is different from realism
◼ " ... no more than an emphatic and explicit philosophical position taken by some Realists ... (that position being one of) a pessimistic, materialistic determinism. " - George J. Becker ◼ It is Realism with a "necessitation ideology." - Richard Chase ◼ 2. That it is different from Realism
Subject Matter Characterization in Naturalistic Fiction a Donald Pizer further suggests specific changes in subject matter and characterization which help in defining naturalism as different from realism:
Subject Matter & Characterization in Naturalistic Fiction ◼ Donald Pizer further suggests specific changes in subject matter and characterization which help in defining Naturalism as different from Realism:
1. The subject matter a The subject matter deals with those raw and unpleasant experiences Which reduce characters to degrading behavior in their struggle to survive. These characters are mostly from the lower middle or the lower classes -they are poor, uneducated, and unsophisticated
1. The subject matter: ◼ a. The subject matter deals with those raw and unpleasant experiences which reduce characters to "degrading" behavior in their struggle to survive. These characters are mostly from the lower middle or the lower classes - they are poor, uneducated, and unsophisticated
a b. The milieu is the commonplace and the unheroic life is usually the dull round of daily existence. But the naturalist discovers those qualities in such characters usually associated with the heroic or adventurous acts of violence and passion leading to desperate moments and violent death The suggestion is that life on its lowest levels is not so simple as it seems to be
◼ b. The milieu is the commonplace and the unheroic; life is usually the dull round of daily existence. But the naturalist discovers those qualities in such characters usually associated with the heroic or adventurous - acts of violence and passion leading to desperate moments and violent death. The suggestion is that life on its lowest levels is not so simple as it seems to be