Naturalism Course
This course delves into Naturalism via authors such as Zola, Crane and Dreiser, equipping learners with essential close reading techniques, insights into determinism, and practical textual analysis templates applicable to research, teaching and advanced literary studies in the humanities.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Naturalism Mastery Course provides a straightforward, practical route to understanding major authors, core concepts and analytical methods in a concise format. Delve into Zola, Dreiser, Crane, Ibsen and others, whilst distinguishing realism from Naturalism, examining determinism, and scrutinising setting, imagery and character development. Acquire practical templates, close reading tools and teaching strategies ready for immediate use in your own studies and classrooms.
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Develop skills
- Analyse Naturalist texts using core concepts and practical methods.
- Compare key Naturalist authors including Zola, Crane and Dreiser.
- Conduct close readings focusing on heredity, environment and determinism.
- Develop classroom activities with clear objectives, prompts and rubrics.
- Craft concise literary analyses with strong theses and evidence.
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