When Zola Does Research: Fieldwork as a Scientific Guarantee

Territories in Question: Routes in Territories
By Frédérique Giraud
English

This paper analyzes how Émile Zola makes use of fieldwork before writing his novels. Research as a method of documenting human and social situations is meant to guarantee the scientific nature of his work, which Zola uses as caution in the literary space

Keywords

  • writer
  • literature
  • ethnography
  • fieldwork
  • survey
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