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Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie in the Context of Consumer Society
Iris Bel (2014)
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature
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Bel, I. (2014). Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie in the Context of Consumer Society (Undergraduate thesis). Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:593619

Bel, Iris. "Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie in the Context of Consumer Society." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:593619

Bel, Iris. "Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie in the Context of Consumer Society." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:593619

Bel, I. (2014). 'Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie in the Context of Consumer Society', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 19 January 2020, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:593619

Bel I. Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie in the Context of Consumer Society [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2014 [cited 2020 January 19] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:593619

I. Bel, "Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie in the Context of Consumer Society", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2014. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:593619

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TitleTheodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie in the Context of Consumer Society
Title (croatian)Dreiserova Sister Carrie u kontekstu američkog potrošačkog društva
AuthorIris Bel
MentorJadranka Zlomislić (mentor)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2014-09-05, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The influx of immigrants, expanding population, rise of metropolis, industrialization and urbanization gradually led the American nineteenth century society to change into a consumer society. People’s desire to not only buy but also to possess things, money, and even other people grew more and more until it became insatiable. Inspired by the consumer society of his time which led either to success or downfall, Theodore Dreiser wrote his most famous novel Sister Carrie. This paper explores how Theodore Dreiser critized the consumer society by depicting its negative outcomes. Having realized that America is everything but a middle class society, he was among the first to show that the society consists of the wealthy and the poor and that neither are contended. The points discussed in this paper show that Dreiser did not accept the world around him, did not want to adhere to the rules and norms imposed by society and critized people’s willingness to do just about anything in order to succeed.
Keywords
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:593619
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
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Created on2017-04-04 13:20:44