Mathieu Froment

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Mathieu Froment is the central character of Émile Zola’s novel "Fécondité," embodying the author’s exploration of family, morality, and social responsibility in turn-of-the-century France.

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instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Fécondité ⓘ
appearsInSeries Les Quatre Évangiles ⓘ
associatedWith agricultural productivity ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
characterTrait devoted to his family ⓘ
hardworking ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ
optimistic ⓘ
createdBy Émile Zola ⓘ
familySize father of a very large number of children ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Rougon-Macquart cycle ⓘ
linked to: Les Rougon-Macquart
literaryFunction embodiment of Zola’s ideas on fecundity and large families ⓘ
moralPosition advocates responsibility of parents toward children and society ⓘ
narrativeArc progresses from modest means to prosperity through work and fecundity ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
opposedTo Malthusianism ⓘ
voluntary sterility ⓘ
relatedWork Fécondité (1899) ⓘ
residence Chantebled estate ⓘ
role central character of the novel Fécondité ⓘ
spouse Marianne Froment ⓘ
symbolizes hope for social regeneration through family ⓘ
the virtues of large, fertile families ⓘ
themeAssociated Catholicism and secular morality ⓘ
family ⓘ
morality ⓘ
pronatalism ⓘ
social responsibility ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century France ⓘ

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Fécondité → hasProtagonist → Mathieu Froment ⓘ