Emile Zola

Teresa Raquin Emile Zola

Publisher Marketing: Emile Zola (1840 - 1902) fue un escritor frances, considerado como el padre y el mayor representante del Naturalismo. Tuvo un papel muy relevante en la revision del proceso de Alfred Dreyfus, que le costo el exilio. Su influencia sobre las generaciones posteriores de escritores no fue solo literaria, ya que su actitud de involucrarse tanto en la literatura como en la realidad social se transformo en un paradigma del escritor comprometido y domino la escena cultural de occidente hasta la decada de los 70. Contributor Bio:  Zola, Emile ?mile Zola was a French writer who is recognized as an exemplar of literary naturalism and for his contributions to the development of theatrical naturalism. Zola's best-known literary works include the twenty-volume Les Rougon-Macquart, an epic work that examined the influences of violence, alcohol and prostitution on French society through the experiences of two families, the Rougons and the Macquarts. Other remarkable works by Zola include Contes ? Ninon, Les Myst?res de Marseille, and Th?r?se Raquin. In addition to his literary contributions, Zola played a key role in the Dreyfus Affair of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His newspaper article J'Accuse accused the highest levels of the French military and government of obstruction of justice and anti-semitism, for which he was convicted of libel in 1898. After a brief period of exile in England, Zola returned to France where he died in 1902. ?mile Zola is buried in the Panth?on alongside other esteemed literary figures Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas.