The budding creative background

The story of "budding" hangs in the early days of the Second Empire and the Third Republic. At this time, under the rule of the big financial capitalist represented by Charles Louis Napolé on Bonaparte, France has begun the transition from liberal capitalism to monopoly capitalism. The rapid development of large industrial capital has directly led to the disparity between the rich and the poor: capitalists are arrogant and extravagant, while the poor are hungry and cold.

After 187 1 Paris Commune, Zola intends to write a "worker's novel with special political significance" in his family history series. He said: "Because I failed to show the social and political role of hotel workers, I decided to show it in another novel. Since then, when I learned that the magnificent socialist movement has played such a huge role in Europe, my plan has become clear. "

After the writing plan was determined, Zola began to collect documents about coal mines and information about strikes and social problems. He read Laurent Simonan's technical works on mining, and consulted the serial tragedies in Oban Rikama and other places in the Court Gazette from 1869 to 1870. 1884, 19 In February, a general strike broke out in the coal mining area in northern France, and Zola rushed to the mining area on the third day to conduct on-the-spot interviews and investigations. He lived in the miners' dormitory, drank beer and gin in a small cafe, went down to the depths of the mine to observe the workers' labor, witnessed the bidding scene at the tunnel face, and saw the miners being forced to compete with each other by the company. You have reduced the price of coal. After ten days' interview, Zola returned to Paris to listen to the speeches made by the French socialist movement leader Gade and Runge at the Workers' Party meeting. He studied International Working Men’s Association's program and wrote in a letter on March 65438+6, 2006: "I have all the necessary information to write a socialist novel." On April 2nd, Zola began to write "Germination" and finished it on June 23rd. 1885. From 1884,165438+126 October, "Germination" was serialized in Gilblas and published in a single book 1885.