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Crane, London, and Literary Naturalism
Read one or both of the following stories:
Stephen Crane’s
The Open Boat
Jack London’s
To Build A Fire
Then, review Donna Campbell’s
Naturalism in American Literature
, and make note of the following themes in Literary Naturalism:
The "brute within"
The indifference of nature
The forces of "heredity and environment."
An indifferent, deterministic universe (lack of free will or agency).
After reviewing and reading all the above, test your understanding of the material by taking
this interactive quiz
.
Also, fill in this
chart of common themes of naturalism
to prepare you for class discussion.