Short narratives by Emile Zola: a study on the reception of the writer's work in Brazil between 1860 and 1914

In this article, by mapping short narratives written by French writer Emile Zola (1840-1902), between 1860 and 1914, published in periodicals in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, we seek to highlight, within the scope of the writer's work, a set of texts generally placed in second place to his naturalist novelistic production, which is aesthetically and symbolically more valued by critics and academic research. This article will therefore present an analysis of the aesthetic characteristics of part of these short stories and novellas, often associated with a romantic and early phase of the writer, in order to highlight its place as a constitutive part of Zola's work. Through the research of sources, by recovering literary texts from the past inserted in the modes of operation of the 19th century Brazilian press, we add new data regarding the reception of Zola in Brazil, as well as bring to light traces of the tastes and preferences of 19th and early 20th-centuries Brazilian readers.