La Débâcle
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La Débâcle is an 1892 historical novel by Émile Zola that portrays the Franco-Prussian War and the fall of the Second French Empire through the experiences of ordinary soldiers and civilians.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
Battle of Sedan (1870)
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surface form:
Battle of Sedan
Franco-Prussian War ⓘ fall of Napoleon III ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
French infantry soldiers
ⓘ
Prussian soldiers ⓘ civilians ⓘ |
| followedBy | Le Docteur Pascal ⓘ |
| follows | Le Rêve ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
The Debacle
ⓘ
Downfall ⓘ
surface form:
The Downfall
|
| literaryMovement | Naturalism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
civilian hardship
ⓘ
collapse of political regimes ⓘ defeat ⓘ suffering of ordinary soldiers ⓘ war ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of the Second French Empire
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detailed depiction of military defeat ⓘ naturalistic portrayal of war’s brutality ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | French literature ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorProject |
Les Rougon-Macquart
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surface form:
Rougon-Macquart social and natural history of a family under the Second Empire
|
| positionInSeries | 19 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1892 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charpentier et Fasquelle ⓘ |
| series | Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
Franco-Prussian War
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Siege of Paris ⓘ fall of the Second French Empire ⓘ |
| setting |
France
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Paris ⓘ battlefields of eastern France ⓘ |
| timeOfAction |
1870
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1871 ⓘ |
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