2007-02-10 01:22:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Zola tackles social subjects head on in his novels. He was very thorough in his research, for example, for Germinal he visited mines. His novels can be quite hard hitting, sometimes shocking, (considering the era in which they were written), Therese Raquin is probably his most shocking that I've read. His descriptions are also very memorable and evocative - the descriptions of the mines in Germinal stay with the reader afterwards. He's one of my favourite writers and I'm currently trying to read my way through the Rougon-Macquart cycle which is made up of 20 novels.
2007-02-11 05:54:30 · answer #1 · answered by judy b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He certainly gets his points across; he was very passionate about workers' rights and Germinal reflects this. He also was pretty clear on his views on women in Nana; hers is probably the most evocative and symbolic death I've come across in French literature.
2007-02-10 05:16:00 · answer #2 · answered by Vivienne T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
emile zola is very descriptive he paints pictures with words so yes he does
2007-02-10 08:47:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In high school I read many of them in French. I personally loved Le Rêve - the Dream. Pax- C
2016-03-29 00:49:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋