Natural Urges as (Mis)Leading Forces in Annie Proulx’s Naturalistic New England and Newfoundland Fiction

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Maja Daniel

Abstract

This paper’s premise is that Annie Proulx is a naturalistic writer; the mode she adapts in
her narrative is recognized as the twenty-first century variety of naturalism. The
importance of the environment, of the surrounding society’s collective characteristics and
the historical context its members happened to live in, are crucial and inestimable for the plots. Very special attention is given to sexuality; sexual desire seems to be an
uncontrollable power. Natural urges govern protagonists’ lives and, together with most
basic instincts, impulses and vices, lead, or rather mislead them in their choices. The goal
of this paper will be to point these urges out and analyze their importance as vital factors.
The examples provided will aim to reflect some of the characters’ archetypically
naturalistic features Annie Proulx displays in her New England and Newfoundland fiction.

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Natural Urges as (Mis)Leading Forces in Annie Proulx’s Naturalistic New England and Newfoundland Fiction. (2019). VERBEIA. Revista De Estudios Filológicos. Journal of English and Spanish Studies, 5(4), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.57087/Verbeia.2019.4063

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