3. NNaattuurraalliissmm
was a literary movement taking place
from the 1880s to 1940s that used
detailed realism to suggest that social
conditions, heredity, and environment had
inescapable force in shaping human
character.
4. It was depicted as a literary movement that seeks
to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed
to such movements as Romanticism or Surrealism,
in which subjects may receive highly symbolic,
idealistic, or even supernatural treatment. Naturalism
is the outgrowth of literary realism, a prominent
literary movement in mid-19th-century France and
elsewhere.
Naturalistic writers were frequently criticized for
focusing too much on human vice and misery.
6. During his formative years Zola wrote several
short stories and essays, four plays and three
novels.
Zola did not much believe in the possibility of
individual freedom, but emphasized that "events
arise fatally, implacably, and men, either with or
against their wills, are involved in them. Such is the
absolute law of human progress."
8. Zola died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by
a stopped chimney on the 29th of September 1902.
He was 62 years old. His funeral on 5 October was
attended by thousands, according to the New York
Times.