"gravitates" - 1 õppematerjal

Ameerika kirjanduse, Realism ja naturalism

meanings, River = place of harmony, no clock time, wonder - possibility of human development - not a perfect book, but raises many significant questions about American life at a time etc. • Twain was becoming pessimistic, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) • The Mysterious Stranger (1916) WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (1837-1920) • Commonplace • Problems of the machine age and city • One of the authors who gravitates towards socialism • The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885) – relativity of rise and fall Naturalism • Dark • Supposedly more specific • No human agency • Environmental forces control events • Challenge to American myths of freedom and individualism • Life is 'unmoral' FRANK NORRIS (1870- 1902) • The Octopus (1901) - the title has nothing to do with the animal octopus, it is a railway STEPHEN CRANE (1871-1900)