Question

Theodore Dreiser and Upton Sinclair can best describe as_______.
A. naturalists
B. futurists
C. transcendentalists
D. romantics
E. Evolutionists

Answer 1

Hint:- During the 19th century, Some Americans turned toward naturalism which was a new more advanced stage of realism. Upton Sinclair 1878 –1968 was an American writer. Sinclair is known for his works and became popular in the first half of the 20th century. He also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1943. Theodore 1871 – 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. And his famous novels were Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925).

Complete solution step by step :
Theodore Dreiser and Upton Sinclair can best be described as naturalists.
The term ‘ naturalists’ meaning is different in different contexts, a critic, philosopher, theologian, and political scientist all use the same term for a different purpose. In 1906, Upton Sinclair also published “The Jungle”, In this novel, he tried to express the conditions of Labor and sanitary in the country like U.S. labor and sanitary conditions in the U.S. Upton Sinclair wrote ‘The Brass Check after which the first code of ethics for journalists was created.
The naturalist philosopher includes the systematic observation of the material world, human beings, who are influenced by or governed by the laws of physics, chemistry, and biology.

Hence, answer A is the right option.

Note: Naturalists writer means that a naturalistic writer or philosophers would use the scientific method to write their novels by studying human beings as well as the information about the characters' lives influenced by the heredity and environment circumstances.