Zola
Zola is a surname, most famously borne by Émile Zola, the nineteenth-century French novelist known for naturalist fiction and his open letter "J'accuse" defending Alfred Dreyfus.
The name has gained currency as a given name for girls, possibly influenced by its literary associations or its similarity to names like Lola and Nola.
French masculine given name
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- Dreyfus AffairFrench antisemitic military injustice
- writerCreator of texts
- proseUnversified language
fiction · literary · critic · storytelling · characterization · serialized · experimental novel · epic
Accepting things as they are
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- environmentExternal conditions affecting life
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
documentation · observation · scientific method · social conditions · slice of life · unvarnished · gritty · working class
- justiceFair treatment under law
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- courageousShowing bravery under threat
controversy · antisemitism · wrongful conviction · public intellectual · protest · reform · truth · exposé
France's chief city
- FranceWestern European republic
- MontmartreHilltop artists' district in Paris
- SeineMajor French waterway
- ProvenceSoutheastern French region
Aix-en-Provence · Cézanne · Manet · Impressionism · exile · England · Parisian · bourgeoisie
Émile
French masculine given name
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- Dreyfus AffairFrench antisemitic military injustice
- writerCreator of texts
prose · fiction · literary · critic · storytelling · characterization · serialized · experimental novel · epic · chronicle
realism
Accepting things as they are
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- environmentExternal conditions affecting life
objectivity · documentation · observation · scientific method · social conditions · slice of life · unvarnished · gritty · working class · industrial
Dreyfus
courageous · controversy · antisemitism · wrongful conviction · public intellectual · protest · reform · truth · exposé · crusader
Paris
France's chief city
- FranceWestern European republic
- MontmartreHilltop artists' district in Paris
- SeineMajor French waterway
Provence · Aix-en-Provence · Cézanne · Manet · Impressionism · exile · England · Parisian · bourgeoisie · Second Empire
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- Famous AuthorsShakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Hemingway, Twain
- FranceParis, Notre-Dame, Lyon, croissant, Toulouse
- French Culturebaguette, baguettes, beret, berets, brie
- NovelistsStephen King, Agatha Christie, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen
- Classic AuthorsShakespeare, Dante, Homer, Chaucer, Milton
ZolaRomanticism
Emotion-centered artistic movement
Victor Hugo · idealism · fantasy · escapist literature · Walter Scott
Intrinsic value of creation
aestheticism · Oscar Wilde · transcendentalism · Symbolism · idealism