Chapter 53 Zola and his "Lugon Magal Family Biography"

Zola and his "Lugon Magal Family Biography" In the history of French literature, what inherited the glorious tradition of the master of realism Balzac is Emile Zola.This is not only true in the achievements of literature and art, but also in the choice of subject matter and composition. The design of the product is also similar.Zola's "Lugon Magal's Family Biography" can be said to be inspired by him. It was written inspired by the "Human Comedy" of the predecessors. The so-called "The Family Biography of Lugon Magal" refers to the generations of Lugon Magal's family

Centering on men, women, old and young, writing the stories of their family characters is connected by many novels. continued to form.The whole project of Balzac's "Comedy Humane" was to be completed by one hundred and fourteen Composed of 14 short stories, there will be more than 4,000 characters appearing in the book. Unfortunately, he only After writing more than sixty volumes, he passed away.In this respect Zola was much luckier than his predecessors, His scheduled plan for "Lugon Magal's Family Biography" is not as huge as "Human Comedy", It is composed of twenty novels.He began this writing project in 1868 and continued

After working for twenty-five years, in 1893 he finally completed the last part of Family Biography. The greatest work of French realist literature in the nineteenth century: "The House of Lougon Magal" Biography", including twenty novels by Zola.According to the lineage of the family, the twenty The novels are arranged in this order: 1. The Fortune of the Lugon Family, published in 1871; 2. Greed, published in 1871 ed.; 3. The Belly of Paris, published in 1873; 4. The Conquest of Prasan, 1874 Published in 1875; V. The Mistakes of the Priest Monet, published in 1875; 2, published in 1876; 7. The Little Hotel, published in 1877; 8. A Page of Love,

Published in 1878; 9. Nana, published in 1880; 10. Little things at home, 188 Published in two years; eleven, women's welfare store, published in 1883; twelve, the joy of life, Published in 1884; Thirteen, Germination, published in 1885; XIV, Works, 188 Published in six years; fifteen, land, published in 1887; sixteen, dreams, published in 1888; 17. The Beast of Man, published in 1890; 18. Money, published in 1891; 19. Defeat, published in 1892; 20. Doctor Baska, published in 1893. Zola, like Balzac, was a prolific writer of extraordinary energy.His "Lugon? Ma Since the publication of the first "Family Fortune of the Lugon Family" in 1871, "Gal Family Biography" is almost

Continue at an average rate of one volume per year, although many other things consume His writing time, but he finally completed this family biography in 1893 according to the scheduled plan. The last one: "Doctor Busga". The individual achievements of Zola's twenty novels, whether in terms of criticism at the time of publication or From the perspective of readers' hobbies and its sales, it is obviously inconsistent.This is a matter of course, but This does not mean that the best-selling one is necessarily better written than the others, because Zola's A great work should be judged in its entirety.In general, the most

He is familiar with "Nana", a novel centered on the life of a courtesan, who has received The attack of many people, saying that some parts of it are written indecently, are still listed as Forbidden book, it has also been adapted into a stage play and filmed in modern times, it is undoubtedly Zola's work The most well-known one among them, but Zola himself does not think it is his proud work. In addition to "Nana", in "The Family Biography of Lugon Magar", the more well-known A few of them are "The Belly of Paris", which is a novel set in the Paris vegetable and fish market.

The inside story of the food consumed every day in the metropolis of Paris. "Little Hotel" is a description of alcoholics and The story of laborers; "Work" is the story of Parisian artists, Zola's novel implements There are quite autobiographical elements, because he will his painter friends, the Impressionists Manet, Cézanne, Gu He and others are included in the book; there is also "Land", which is a work describing French farmers, written by Many people protested because he exposed peasant life too explicitly. The House of Lugon Magal "Biography", a "novel" composed of twenty novels, Zola also added a

Subtitle: "The Natural and Social History of a Family".After reading this subtitle, it is not difficult for us to understand Bai, the great novelist's description center.On this point, Zola himself referred to his "Lugon? Magar Family Biography" and Balzac's "Human Comedy" to be compared.he is legacy In the writing notes that came down, I made such an analysis: "Balzac's "Human Comedy", his basic idea is that human beings and beasts are related. compared to what happened.He believes that among human beings there are artists, officials, lawyers, priests, etc.

etc., just as there are lions, tigers, dogs, and wolves among beasts, their occupations have a certain nature, And it is society that determines this nature.As for my work, it is more scientific, And not so much social.Balzac used the help of three thousand characters in his works I want to write a history of living conditions.He based this history on religion and kingship basis.His whole point is to state that just as there are dogs and wolves, so Naturally, among human beings, there are lawyers, officials, and so on.He wanted to use his writings to form a side mirror of modern society.My own work would be something else entirely, and of a wider scope.

Narrow.I don't want to describe the whole contemporary society, I just want to describe a family, and this The various changes in a family due to the influence of the environment..."