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3. Therefore, if naturalism is true, then no belief is rationally inferred (from 1 and 2). 4. We have good reason to accept naturalism only if it can be rationally inferred from good evidence. 5. Therefore, there is not, and cannot be, good reason to accept naturalism. [1] In short, naturalism undercuts itself.
Naturalism is a literary movement beginning in the late nineteenth century, similar to literary realism in its rejection of Romanticism, but distinct in its embrace of determinism, detachment, scientific objectivism, and social commentary. Literary naturalism emphasizes observation and the scientific method in the fictional portrayal of reality.
Verismo is a derivative of naturalism and realism that began in post-unification Italy. Verismo literature uses detailed character development based on psychology, in Giovanni Verga's words 'the science of the human heart. [42] [43] ' Giovanni Verga, Luigi Capuana, Matilde Serao, Grazia Deledda: Social realism
Ira Wells, University of Toronto Academic Programs director, in his work Fighting Words, [4] seeks a new understanding of what literary naturalism is and why it matters. He countered the accepted view of literary naturalism being concerned with environmental and philosophical determinism and focused on the polemical essence of the genre ...
As used in critical literature today, however, the term Naturalism has a broader scope than that within which all of Stanislavski's work falls. In this broader sense, Naturalism or "psychological realism" is distinct both from Socialist realism and the critical realism developed by the epic theatre of Bertolt Brecht.
Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism.
Naturalism, or at least elements of it, does continue to be used, but it would be difficult to argue that it is the dominant (or "general") literary mode, particulary given the prevalence of modernism, expressionism, magical realism, surrealism, postmodernism, etc. in the literature of the twentieth century (and continuing today).
Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁt ˈhaʊ̯ptˌman] ⓘ; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. [1] He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well.