The Influence of Realism and Naturalism on 20th Century American Fiction After World War I American people and the authors among them were left disillusioned by the effects that World War I had on their society. America needed a literature that would explain what had happened and what was happening to their society. American writers turned to what is now known as modernism. The influence of 19th Century realism and naturalism and their truthful representation …showed first 75 words of 2165 total…

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