Abstract

Gustave Flaubert and Emile Zola belong to two different schools of thought, however some of their works exhibit strong similarities in purpose. In this paper I propose that both writers belong to the literary movement naturalism. A comparative study of Zola’s works Germinal and “The Experimental Novel” and Flaubert’s Madame Bovary reveals that they are concerned with the description of the ugly side of society. In terms of their preoccupation with the concepts of verisimilitude and determinism, which are two pillars of the ideology of naturalism, these works display striking similarities.

Presenters

Ayao Nubukpo
Postdoctoral Research, Department of Linguas Extrangeras, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Literary Humanities

KEYWORDS

NATURALISM, VERISIMILITUDE, DETERMINISM

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