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.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: defining the 'dual approach'
2. The contrasting characteristics of nature
3. The contrasting characteristics of the city
4. The relationship of nature and the city
5. Conclusion
6. Works Cited
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