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Naturalism in the Novels of Frank Norris

Considered as a whole, the seven novels written by Frank Norris contain enough of naturalism to justify classifying him as a naturalist. His failure to fully comprehend the implications of the naturalistic philosophy results in both strengths and weaknesses. He fails in The Octopus to maintain the objective point of view that the naturalists set for themselves, and a looseness of conception and a diffuseness of effect result. By allowing the ranchers freedom of choice in the matter of the means to be employed against the railroad, he achieves something very close to tragedy. Vandover, too, has a choice, and the novel suffers as a study in determinism, but Vandover becomes a more interesting character than he would have been without will.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663328
Date08 1900
CreatorsHazlerig, Jack O.
ContributorsLogue, Joseph M., Hieble, Jacob
PublisherNorth Texas State College
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 120 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Hazlerig, Jack O., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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