Émile Zola - The father of Naturalism

Émile Zola was a French Novelist, writer, and journalist. He is also known as the father of Naturalism, a Philosophical doctrine that focuses on the scientific method and material objectivity directly opposing Idealism. Naturalism rejects Idealism and argues that free will is an illusion, reality is governed by the force of nature, which is known as Determinism. The doctrine of Naturalism is very, "matter over mind." The most famous work from Émile Zola is Les Rougon-Macquart and J'accuse. His death remains a conspiracy and an unsolved mystery.

1. Émile Zola French 203 Midterm Presentation Central Oregon Community College By: Chanse Syres Born:  April 2, 1840,  Paris, France Died:  September 29, 1902,  Paris, France Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola

2. Who was É mile Zola? Who was Zola? 2 Emile Zola was a French novelist, journalist, and from Paris, France. Emile was also known as the father of Naturalism. He was born in Paris on April 2 nd , and that is where he died, on September 29 th . Occupation: Writer, Journalist, Novelist, and poet

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4. Naturalism (Philosophy) What is Naturalism? 4 Matter over mind. Naturalism rejects idealism. In this video: Naturalism, Idealism, Realism Zola also is a firm believer in scientific determinism. Free Will Free will is the idea that we are able to have some choice in how we act and assumes that we are free to choose our behavior, in other words we are self determined. Determinism The determinist approach proposes that all behavior has a cause and is thus predictable. Free will is an illusion, and our behavior is governed by internal or external forces over which we have no control. Zola believed this. Zola did not believe this.

5. “Truth is on the march; nothing can stop it now.” - É mile Zola Quote from Mr Zola 5 "The Rougon-Macquart – the group, the family, whom I propose to study – has as its prime characteristic the overflow of appetite, the broad upthrust of our age, which flings itself into enjoyments. Physiologically the members of this family are the slow working-out of accidents to the blood and nervous system which occur in a race after a first organic lesion, according to the environment determining in each of the individuals of this race sentiments, desires, passions, all the natural and instinctive human manifestations whose products take on the conventional names of virtues and vices.“ Zola’s ideas for “Les Rougon Macquart ”

6. Emile Zola’s family and early life. 6 His father was an Italian engineer with some Greek ancestry. This is a dam that his father built, the Zola Dam. Unfortunately, when Emile was four years old, his father died. His mother. I couldn't find out what his mother did for a living. His mother wanted him to pursue a career in law He attended the Lycée Saint-Louis in Paris. Emile took the baccalaureate exam twice and failed several times. As a result, Emile was unable to continue his studies.

7. 7 Now, what was É mile Zola really known for? Journalist , writer , and novelist . In essence, he was a poet . Before he was a poet he was a store clerk . Eventually , he made a name for himself as an influential writer . La Confession de Claude (1865) Les Mystères de Marseille (1867) Thérèse Raquin (1867) Madeleine Férat (1868) Nouveaux Contes à Ninon (1874) Le Roman Experimental (1880) Jacques Damour et autres nouvelles (1880) L'Attaque du moulin (1877), Médan L'Inondation (The Flood) novella (1880) Les Trois Villes Lourdes (1894) Rome (1896) Paris (1898) Les Quatre Évangiles Fécondité (1899) Travail (1901) Vérité (1903, published posthumously ) Justice ( unfinished )

8. Les Rougon-Macquart Les Rougon-Macquart was the most famous and impactful material that Emile wrote . Histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le Second Empire. His naturalist movement was inspired by Science and Evolution. Charles Darwin in particular . Les Rougon-Macquart is 20 books. 1.La Fortune des Rougon (1871) 2. La Curée (1871–2) 3. Le Ventre de Paris (1873) 4. La Conquête de Plassans (1874) 5. La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret (1875) 6. Son Excellence Eugène Rougon (1876) 7. L'Assommoir (1877) 8. Une page d'amour (1878) 9. Nana (1880) 10. Pot-Bouille (1882) 11.Au Bonheur des Dames (1883) 12. La joie de vivre (1884) 13. Germinal (1885) 14. L'Œuvre (1886) 15. La Terre (1887) 16. Le Rêve (1888) 17. La Bête humaine (1890) 18. L'Argent (1891) 19. La Débâcle (1892) 20. Le Docteur Pascal (1893) The natural and social history of a family under the Second Empire.

9. Dreyfus affair 9 This is Zola's most famous writing. This writing essentially made him famous. Dreyfus was transported to Devil's Island in French Guiana.Some people think he was killed because of this article. Zola's enemies were held responsible for his accidental death but nothing could be legally proven. It was not until ten years later that a roofer in Paris claimed on his deathbed that he had smashed the chimney in Zola's house for political reasons. In 1894, the French Intelligence Agency found information about a French-Jewish Artillery Captain that was giving classified information to Germany Embassy, giving away military secrets. Emile Zola defended the Artillery officer, saying they had no evidence. J’accuse was an article that risked his career, but it ended up making him famous.

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