Naturalism

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Naturalism is a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity and detachment to its study of human beings.
 * • Definition**

Naturalism was created in the late 1800's. It was the 19th century, around the time of the civil war.
 * • Historical Context**

Some authors and works include Emile Zola who made __//The Experimental Novel//__, Herbert Spencer, Joseph LeConte,Donald Pizer's //__Realism and Naturalism in Nineteenth-Century American Fiction__//, Philip Fisher's //__Hard Facts__//, and James R. Giles's __//The Naturalistic Inner-City Novel in America.//__
 * • Important Authors & works**

The main common themes of naturalism are survival, determinism, violence, and taboo. A good theme is an indiffrent force acting on the lives of human beings.
 * • Common Themes**

A middle-class characters whos lives are controlled by the forces of heredity, instinct, and passion.
 * • Common Techniques and/or Style**

Some of the reasons for the change of naturalism to modernism is because of the wars that happend. It effected the change the way we naturally use to live into the way we live now.
 * • Reason for Decline or Change**