Theodore Dreiser's 'dual approach' to nature and the city in Sister Carrie [German]

by Esther Döringer

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Literatur, Universit t Erfurt, Veranstaltung: Reading Course: City and Literature, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: According to Giles, Theodore Dreiser ́s Sister Carrie set the ́model ́ for the "dual approach" (24) to the literary description of the city: "From the beginning with Dreiser ́s Sister Carrie], the diverse body of American urban fiction has projected a dual response to the city as the embodiment of fascination and promise and as a corrupt, even brutal landscape" (ibid. 35). Giles uses the term ́dual approach ́ to point out that the authors of most ́city novels ́ attribute both positive and negative characteristics to the city. While some of them "emphasize one half of this dichotomy over the other" (ibid. 24), Theodore Dreiser ́s ́approach ́ to the description of the city in Sister Carrie clearly is of a ́dual ́ nature, as he describes positive and negative attributes of the metropolis. Similarly, his approach to nature is also a dual one.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3656297746
• ISBN13: 9783656297741
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Grin Publishing
• Length: 20 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"