Naturalism
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Naturalism is a late 19th- and early 20th-century literary movement that portrays life with detached, often pessimistic realism, emphasizing the influence of environment, heredity, and social conditions on human behavior.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Naturalism canonical | 41 |
| naturalism | 4 |
| American naturalism | 3 |
| French naturalism | 1 |
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century literary movement
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20th-century literary movement ⓘ aesthetic concept ⓘ literary movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Émile Zola's theoretical writings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| field |
drama
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fiction ⓘ literature ⓘ novel ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasCriticalConcept | roman expérimental ⓘ |
| hasGenreRelation | submovement of Realism (literature) ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Alphonse Daudet
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Frank Norris ⓘ Guy de Maupassant ⓘ Henrik Ibsen ⓘ Jack London ⓘ Joris-Karl Huysmans ⓘ Nikolai Chernyshevsky ⓘ Stephen Crane ⓘ Theodore Dreiser ⓘ Thomas Hardy ⓘ Émile Zola ⓘ |
| hasKeyWork |
Germinal
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Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
surface form:
L'Assommoir
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets ⓘ McTeague ⓘ Nana ⓘ Sister Carrie ⓘ Tess of the D’Urbervilles ⓘ
surface form:
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
The Call of the Wild ⓘ Thérèse Raquin ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacteristic |
detached realism
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emphasis on environment ⓘ emphasis on heredity ⓘ emphasis on social conditions ⓘ emphasis on the sordid and harsh aspects of life ⓘ exploration of human instincts ⓘ focus on determinism ⓘ focus on lower-class characters ⓘ focus on social problems ⓘ focus on urban settings ⓘ influence of scientific thought ⓘ objective narrative stance ⓘ pessimistic tone ⓘ rejection of idealization ⓘ use of colloquial language ⓘ use of detailed description ⓘ |
| hasPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
breakdown of traditional values
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conflict between individual and environment ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ poverty ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social determinism ⓘ struggle for survival ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| influenced |
American literature
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modernist literature ⓘ social problem novel ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Darwinism
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Realism ⓘ
surface form:
Realism (literature)
experimental method ⓘ positivism ⓘ scientific determinism ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Romanticism
ⓘ
idealized representation of life ⓘ |
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Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans
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