... coming to the scene naturalism was being developed also. Novels were an important type of literature. A novel is a type of literature that expresses itself in a narrative form. Some of some famous novels were "The Origin of Species", "Le Roman Experimental", and "Sister Carrie". Most naturalistic novels tended to be more negative towards the supernatural side. Naturalism in literature also meant that ... writer. Theodore Dreiser was born in Terre Haute, 1871, the second youngest in a large family that would number ten children. One of Theo's famous quotes was "Can the future exist if a ...

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... were obsessed with patterns. The patterns were usually made up of small geometrical figures such as squares, circles or even quotes from the Quran such as "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." such quotes can be seen in "the Alhambra" located in Granada, Spain. Many buildings were decorated with patterns usually ... use these exact patterns. Islamic patterns are also seen today in Spain or in Jerusalem and the Constantinople mosques. Islamic patterns were also very original along with carpets. Some very famous carpets are "the Ardabil Carpets." One of these...

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