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德莱塞是美国自然主义作家的杰出代表,受达尔文进化论中“物竞天择,适者生存”的影响,其作品中体现了弱肉强食的原则,《嘉莉妹妹》就是典型的此类作品。
InDeathintheAfternoon()presentshisphilosophyaboutlifeanddeaththroughthedepictionofthebullfightasakindofmicrocosmictragedy.
MarkTwainemployedanunpretentiousstyleof()inhisnovelswhichisbestdescribedas“vernacular”.
Likeallnaturalists,()wasrestrainedfromfindingasolutiontothesocialproblemsthatappearedinhisnovelsandaccordinglyalmostallhisworkshavetragicendings.
TheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoicbyTheodoreDreiserarecalledhis“Trilogyof().”
“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyaboutprosestylewasputforwardby().