Emile Zola, Le Docteur Pascal [Doctor Pascal]

Sarah Jones (University of Oxford)

Ed. by Jennifer Yee, University of Oxford
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: David Elwyn Evans (University of St Andrews), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Elisabeth Gerwin (University of Lethbridge), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1893

Places

France (Publication/ performance; Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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Le Docteur Pascal

(1893) [

Doctor Pascal

] is the twentieth and final novel of Émile Zola’s

Rougon-Macquart

cycle (1871-1893), the cornerstone of the Naturalist movement. In emulation of Honoré de Balzac’s (1799-1850) great literary achievement, the ninety-one completed novels of

La Comédie humaine, Les Rougon-Macquart

is Zola’s attempt to produce a comprehensive natural and social history of life in Second Empire France (1852-1870). The cycle follows the two titular branches of the family to demonstrate the effects of heredity and environment, and

Le Docteur Pascal

is the summative culmination of Zola’s Naturalist project. Zola’s Naturalist novels had sparked a fierce polemic in France: condemnation of the perceived excesses of Naturalism was heightened with the publication of…

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Citation: Jones, Sarah. "Le Docteur Pascal". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 31 January 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35768, accessed 23 April 2024.]

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