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Naturalism is an outgrowth of Realism, a large literary movement in late 19th century France and elsewhere.

Realistic writers were influenced per evolution theory of Charles Darwin. It believed that a single's heredity & surroundings decide of these's character. Wherewhen realism tries simply to describe cases as it really come, naturalism likewise tries to determine "scientifically" a underlying forces (i personally.e. the epa or even heredity) influencing these cases' actions. It is two opposed to romanticism, in which cases can receive extremely emblematic, ideal, or supernatural professional assistance. Realistic works typically include common or even sordid subject matter. E.g., Emile Zola's works had the frankness all about gender along by using the permeating pessimism.

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Naturalism: A Brief Introduction
Site includes selected bibliography and excellent definitions of Naturalism by Frank Norris and Lars Ahnebrink.

Selected Short Bibliography of American Literary Naturalism
Gonzaga University bibliography of naturalism.

Naturalism
A brief discussion of naturalism and three American writers: Crane, Dreiser, and Norris. Site includes film clips from the movie version of Norris's "McTeague".

EnviroArts
Emphasizes the literary and visual arts in relation to nature, with poetry and essays by contemporary authors (culled mostly from the pages of Orion and Orion Afield magazines--which co-sponsor this site) and information on historic naturalism and naturalist literature.

Naturalism
A definition of naturalism from the "Glossary of Literary Theory" by Greig E. Henderson and Christopher Brown.