| Author | Maja Moskwa |
|---|---|
| Title | Spaces of dreams and places of destruction in “An American Tragedy” of Theodore Dreiser and in the novel by Jack London, “Martin Eden” |
| Keywords | Naturalism, dreams, innocence, experience, destruction |
| Pages | 105-124 |
| Full text | |
| Volume | 31 |
The turn of the 19th and the 20th centuries is a time of huge changes, both social and economic, constituting the background of the statements of naturalists writers reporting the observed changes on the pages of their novels. In America, these include Jack London and Theodore Dreiser, who, with their journalistic insight, present their heroes and their inner struggles inscribed in the surrounding reality. The main character of “An American Tragedy” Clyde Griffiths and the title Martin Eden are going through a difficult path from their childhood, the age and the state of innocence to adulthood or cognition. Gaining a life experience for both ends tragically.