What late 19th and early 20th century American literary movement stress the determining influence of social and environmental forces on individual lives

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Destiney Armstrong

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3 April, 03:40

What late 19th and early 20th century American literary movement stress the determining influence of social and environmental forces on individual lives

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Makena Zuniga · Answer 1

Naturalism

This movement started because authors wanted to dig deeper than Realism and determine the causes for why characters acted the way they did. Naturalism centered around the theme that people are fated based on the conditions of their lives, especially social and environmental factors.