Machine and Mechanism in French literature, Case study of Zola's works

Taking place and explosion of the Industrial Revolution can be connected to the innovation of machine and so 19th century can be called the machines century. Modernity has updated by the machine and it introduced the machine as its symbol. In the second half of the 19th century, literature and novel showed a good approach as a reflecting mirror of the society to the topic of appearance of these elements. Different authors showed different reactions to machine. Some authors totally rejected it, others in spite of the hostility with this devise, they praised it involuntary. The others gave it an original and important position. Even they introduced it as a real character in their literary works. Zola can be placed in the last category, since machine is allocated a significant station in the major of his main and famous works. This article will try to introduce this machine-personage and also it will study its position and awareness and warning literature of Zola. It watches also the relation of the human-machine and vice versa from the perspective of Zola.