American-Literature

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NATURALISM


A literary and artistic movement that emphasized the environmental factors


that shape a human’s life and their ultimate influence in determining human


existence. Mostly a pessimistic worldview, Naturalism showed how bleak


the lives of the poor could be by showing the lack of opportunity and


innumerable obstacles faced by the lower classes each day.


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