Édouard Louis’ «J’accuse». Ein spätmoderner Adept Zolas?
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- French history of literature is undoubtedly characterized by a tradition of social criticism portraying the working class’ misery that can be traced back at least to the 19th century. Among these depictions, Zola’s novels have a prominent position. This is, among other aspects, due to their pretended scientific foundation and their pretentious claims to be scientific studies. The contemporary author Édouard Louis situates himself in this tradition of Zola’s naturalism. This invites us to examine the interrelation between Zola and Louis moreFrench history of literature is undoubtedly characterized by a tradition of social criticism portraying the working class’ misery that can be traced back at least to the 19th century. Among these depictions, Zola’s novels have a prominent position. This is, among other aspects, due to their pretended scientific foundation and their pretentious claims to be scientific studies. The contemporary author Édouard Louis situates himself in this tradition of Zola’s naturalism. This invites us to examine the interrelation between Zola and Louis more closely. Based on the common ground of scientific foundation, scientific ambition and social commitment pursued in their novels, it will be demonstrated that Louis is a late-modern Zola whose milieu and character descriptions follow in detail Zola’s constructions.…
Autor(en): | Lars Thorben Henk |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-329777 |
Dokumentart: | Artikel / Aufsatz in einer Zeitschrift |
Institute der Universität: | Philosophische Fakultät (Histor., philolog., Kultur- und geograph. Wissensch.) / Neuphilologisches Institut - Moderne Fremdsprachen |
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: | Deutsch |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes / der Zeitschrift (Deutsch): | promptus - Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik |
ISSN: | 2364-6705 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
Band / Jahrgang: | 8 |
Seitenangabe: | 105-120 |
Originalveröffentlichung / Quelle: | promptus 8(2022), S. 105-120 |
Allgemeine fachliche Zuordnung (DDC-Klassifikation): | 8 Literatur / 84 Französische und verwandte Literaturen / 840 Literaturen romanischer Sprachen; Französische Literatur |
Freie Schlagwort(e): | Louis; Zola; literature; misery; scientific novel |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 27.10.2023 |
Sammlungen: | Zeitschriften (Journals) / promptus - Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik / Band 8 / Artikel / articles |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |