Experimental Fictions From Emile Zola's Naturalism to Giovanni Verga's Verism

Experimental Fictions constitutes the first serious attempt to explore the relationship between the two authorsO writing by challenging many traditional assumptions about ZolaOs and VergaOs fictions. The author combines a close reading of some of their major novels with a broader look at the question of ideology. Ideology is studied in theoretical terms, beginning with Althusser, and in cultural context by looking at VergaOs and ZolaOs position as intellectuals in the society of the time.