Giraud, Frédérique <br/><br/>
When Zola Does Research: Fieldwork as a Scientific Guarantee 

 -  2013.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> 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