Major Literary Movement
Late 19th and Early 20th Century: An extreme form of Realism; suggests that fate is determined by external, indifferent forces (heredity, environment, economic factors), often leading to tragic outcomes. Focuses on the grittier sides of life.
e.g. Émile Zola, Stephen Crane (The Open Boat), Theodore Dreiser, Jack London.
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The late 19th and early 20th centuries were an era of profound transformation. Industrial expansion, urbanization, and the rise of new scientific and philosophical ideas reshaped Western life. Yet, amid these advances, women remained confined by the moral strictures of the Victorian Age, expected to embody the ideal of the “Angel in the House”—pure, submissive,