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Naturalist Elements and Social Critique in Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie"
2018. urn:nbn:hr:142:423309
Obradović, Zvonimir
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Obradović, Z. (2018). Naturalist Elements and Social Critique in Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:423309

Obradović, Zvonimir. "Naturalist Elements and Social Critique in Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie"." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:423309

Obradović, Zvonimir. "Naturalist Elements and Social Critique in Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie"." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:423309

Obradović, Z. (2018). 'Naturalist Elements and Social Critique in Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie"', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 16 February 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:423309

Obradović Z. Naturalist Elements and Social Critique in Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2018 [cited 2025 February 16] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:423309

Z. Obradović, "Naturalist Elements and Social Critique in Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie"", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2018. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:423309

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TitleNaturalist Elements and Social Critique in Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie"
Title (croatian)Naturalistički elementi i društvena kritika u romanu "Sister Carrie" Theodorea Dreisera
AuthorZvonimir Obradović
MentorSanja Runtić (mentor)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2018-09-05, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The novel Sister Carrie (1900) reflects the period in which it was written, the era of emerging capitalism and consumerism. This era corresponded perfectly with American literary naturalism, which spanned the last ten years of the nineteenth century and the turn of the twentieth century. Naturalism essentially contains a philosophical thesis that includes notions of determinism and causality, which results in portraying human beings as animals whose life is ruled by external forces. The author of the novel, Theodore Dreiser, is also noted for being a social historian who documented important changes and developments of the latenineteenth-century American society. Sister Carrie is a naturalist novel, portraying the life of a young woman who arrives in the industrially booming Chicago in search of a better future, and ultimately becomes a famous actress. Carrie achieves wealth and fame in the American society by adapting to its norms and conventions as she does everything that is required of her to succeed. Thus, Carrie’s character is a true epitome of the naturalist philosophy since she thoroughly embodies the phrase “survival of the fittest.” This paper discusses the influence of the naturalist philosophy on Dreiser’s novel as well as Dreiser’s critique of the American society and its artificialness. It also demonstrates how a society dominated by greed for wealth, which became its main value, lacks true emotion and rather resembles a theatrical performance.
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Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
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Study programmeTitle: Philosophy (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
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