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He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse…! Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel prizes in literature in 1901 and 1902. [7][8] Early life.
Sep 27, 2024 · Émile Zola was a French novelist, critic, and political activist who was the most prominent French novelist of the late 19th century. He was noted for his theories of naturalism, which underlie his monumental 20-novel series Les Rougon-Macquart, and for his intervention in the Dreyfus Affair.
Jan 8, 2018 · The novels of the French writer Émile Zola (1840–1902) move toward a more extreme form of realism known as naturalism, taking its name from its allegedly scientific impulse to base its characters, events, and explanations on natural rather than supernatural or divine causes.
Émile Zola, (born April 2, 1840, Paris, France—died Sept. 28, 1902, Paris), French novelist and critic. Raised in straitened circumstances, Zola worked at a Paris publishing house for several years during the 1860s while establishing himself as a writer.
Born in Paris on April 2, 1840, Émile Zola spent his first eighteen years in Aix-en-Provence. Zola’s father, Francesco Zola, was a high-spirited Venetian, bursting with grandiose ideas for...
Émile Zola est un écrivain et journaliste français, né le 2 avril 1840 à Paris et mort le 29 septembre 1902 dans la même ville. Considéré comme le chef de file du naturalisme, c'est l'un des romanciers français les plus populaires 3 et l'un des plus publiés, traduits et commentés dans le monde entier.
Sep 27, 2024 · Émile Zola - French Novelist, Naturalism, Les Rougon-Macquart: Although he produced some 60 volumes of fiction, theory, and criticism, in addition to numerous pieces of journalism, during his 40-year career, Zola is best known for his 20-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart, which is “the natural and social history of a family under the Second ...
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