Emile Zola was the leader of the literary movement known as
'naturalism' and is one of the great figures of the novel. In his
monumental Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-93), he explored the social
and cultural landscape of the late nineteenth century in ways that
scandalized bourgeois society. Zola opened the novel up to a new
realm of subjects, including the realities of working-class life,
class relations, and questions of gender and sexuality, and his
writing embodied a new freedom of expression, with his bold,
outspoken voice often inviting controversy. In this Very Short
Introduction, Brian Nelson examines Zola's major themes and
narrative art. He illuminates the social and political contexts of
Zola's work, and provides readings of five individual novels (The
Belly of Paris, L'Assommoir, The Ladies' Paradise, Germinal, and
Earth). Zola's naturalist theories, which attempted to align
literature with science, helped to generate the stereotypical
notion that his fiction was somehow nonfictional. Nelson, however,
reveals how the most distinctive elements of Zola's writing go far
beyond his theoretical naturalism, giving his novels their unique
force. Throughout, he sets Zola's work in context, considering his
relations with contemporary painters, his role in the Dreyfus
Affair, and his eventual murder. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short
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