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Naturalism in Sister Carrie Abstract: Theodore Dreiser the writer of Sister Carrie is one of the mostoutstanding representatives of American naturalism. In this thesis his first novelSister Carrie is taken as an example to analyze the features of Dreiser’s naturalism.The thesis referred to three great historical and cultural background of the novelwhich are Darwinism Determinism American Naturalism and IndustrialRevolution .And the thesis analyzes three features of naturalism. At last we payattention to Dreiser’s exploration ------human desire and revelation of the dark side ofhuman nature Key Words: Naturalism Darwinism desire environment human nature Naturalism of Dreiser in Sister CarrieIntroduction Theodor Dreiser 1871-1945, an American author outstanding representativeof naturalism whose novels depict real-life subjects in a harsh light. Many of hisworks referred to the description of naturalism and weakened his critical spirit. Hisfirst novel Sister Carrie published in 1990 revealed the financial disparity and themoral decline of American society and thus regarded as forbidden book. But now thebook becomes one of the best-sellers of American literature because of the naturalisticfeatures in it. Then Dreiser is regarded as a pioneer of American naturalism and as anaturalist Dreiser expresses the characteristics of naturalism in most of his works. Thethemes of Darwinism and Determinism are the common features of Dreiser’s storywhich also characterize Sister Carrie. Dreiser chose to reflect life truthful in his works when other novels deal onlywith the beautiful aspects of life. It is not an exaggeration to say that Dreisers SisterCarrie clears the way for the development of American fiction. From follow analysis of three aspects and conclusionwe can find out thenaturalism of Dreiser in Sister Carrie1. The historical and cultural background for Sister Carrie Theodore Dreisers Sister Carrie reflects the profound transformations inAmerican life in the late nineteenth century.1.1 Darwinism and Determinism In 1859 Darwin’s The Origin of Specie appeared. It soon changed man’srecognition. Before Darwin human was separated from the animals because of itsmoral. However at this time evolutionist considered human as a part of natural thingsand a member of the animal kingdom. American naturalists accepted “bestiality” and“ human beast” as an explanation of desire. They attempted to achieve extreme objectivity and frankness presentingcharacters of low social and economic classes who are determined by theirenvironment and heredity. They dismissed the validity of comforting moral truth.Darwinism is the most important theory which greatly affects Sister Carrie. Freud’s theory gives theoretic basis to Dreiser’s description of man’s desire.Freud considers man’s natural instinct as determination. To him man is a part ofnature since man is a member of animals. Human mentality and action will forever bedetermined by instinct. Desire is just a genetic instinct in his opinion. 1.2 American naturalism Sis