Novel writing and the theory of naturalismFrench1840–1902
Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.
Émile Zola (1840–1902) was a French novelist, critic, and journalist, and the founder and leading figure of literary naturalism, whose twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle brought a scientific, social lens to the role of heredity and environment in human fate. With his open letter "J'Accuse…!" in defense of Alfred Dreyfus, he became one of the symbols of the intellectual's social responsibility.
No articles have been published for this thinker yet.