Émile Zola
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| '''Émile Zola''' ([[April 2]], [[1840]] – [[September 29]], [[1902]]) was an influential [[French novel]]ist and [[Anarchism and the arts|anarchist]], the most important example of the literary school of [[naturalism (literature)|naturalism]], noted for such novels as ''[[Nana (novel)|Nana]], [[Germinal]], [[Germinie Lacerteux]], [[La Bête humaine]]'' and ''[[L'Assommoir]]''. Zola's works had a [[frankness]] about [[sexuality]] along with a pervasive [[pessimism]] which exposed the [[dark]] harshness of life, including [[poverty]], [[racism]], [[prejudice]], [[disease]], [[prostitution]], filth, etc. They were often very pessimistic and frequently criticized for being too [[blunt]]. Subsequently, many of his novels were put on the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|The Index]]''. | '''Émile Zola''' ([[April 2]], [[1840]] – [[September 29]], [[1902]]) was an influential [[French novel]]ist and [[Anarchism and the arts|anarchist]], the most important example of the literary school of [[naturalism (literature)|naturalism]], noted for such novels as ''[[Nana (novel)|Nana]], [[Germinal]], [[Germinie Lacerteux]], [[La Bête humaine]]'' and ''[[L'Assommoir]]''. Zola's works had a [[frankness]] about [[sexuality]] along with a pervasive [[pessimism]] which exposed the [[dark]] harshness of life, including [[poverty]], [[racism]], [[prejudice]], [[disease]], [[prostitution]], filth, etc. They were often very pessimistic and frequently criticized for being too [[blunt]]. Subsequently, many of his novels were put on the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|The Index]]''. | ||
| ==Manifesto of naturalism== | ==Manifesto of naturalism== | ||
| - | [[Émile Zola]] wrote the [[manifesto of naturalism]] in his 1880 essay ''[[Le Roman expérimental]]'' (Eng: The experimental novel). | + | [[Émile Zola]] wrote two [[manifestoes of naturalism]]. |
| ==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| *''Contes á Ninon'', (1864) | *''Contes á Ninon'', (1864) | ||
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Émile Zola (April 2, 1840 – September 29, 1902) was an influential French novelist and anarchist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, noted for such novels as Nana, Germinal, Germinie Lacerteux, La Bête humaine and L'Assommoir. Zola's works had a frankness about sexuality along with a pervasive pessimism which exposed the dark harshness of life, including poverty, racism, prejudice, disease, prostitution, filth, etc. They were often very pessimistic and frequently criticized for being too blunt. Subsequently, many of his novels were put on the The Index.
Manifesto of naturalism
Émile Zola wrote two manifestoes of naturalism.
Bibliography
- Contes á Ninon, (1864)
- La Confession de Claude (1865)
- Thérèse Raquin (1867)
- Madeleine Férat (1868)
- Le Roman Experimental (1880)
- Les Rougon-Macquart
- La Fortune des Rougon (1871)
- La Curée (1871–72)
- Le Ventre de Paris (1873)
- La Conquête de Plassans (1874)
- La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret (1875)
- Son Excellence Eugène Rougon (1876)
- L'Assommoir (1877)
- Une Page d'amour (1878)
- Nana (1880)
- Pot-Bouille (1882)
- Au Bonheur des Dames (1883)
- La Joie de vivre (1884)
- Germinal (1885)
- L'Œuvre (1886)
- La Terre (1887)
- Le Rêve (1888)
- La Bête humaine (1890)
- L'Argent (1891)
- La Débâcle (1892)
- Le Docteur Pascal (1893)
- Les Trois Villes
- Lourdes (1894)
- Rome (1896)
- Paris (1898)
- Les Quatre Evangiles
- Fécondité (1899)
- Travail (1901)
- Vérité (1903, published posthumously)
- Justice (unfinished)
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