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 * 4.** **Major trends in literature and the arts.**

// É // mile Zola published // Germinal // in 1885. As one of his greatest masterpieces, Zola wrote the realistic novel based upon the harsh life of a French coalminer’s strike. Zola used techniques of naturalism and realism to picture the stressed heredity and environment determined generation of the society. He was determined to lead realism in glorifying everyday life, taboo subjects, and the urban working class. When his letter called “//J’accuse//” was printed in the French newspaper, //L’Aurore,// Zola risked his life to defend Alfred Dreyfus from his charges of treason. // É //mile Zola’s //Germinal// fits the theme because // É //mile Zola was a major figure of naturalism and realism which were the major trends in literature and the arts of the 19th century.
 * // É // mile Zola's Germinal - 1885 **

Liukkonen, Petri. "Emile Zola." 17 Apr. 2009 __.__