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Gustave Flaubert
French novelist (–)
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Gustave Flaubert (FLOH-bair, floh-BAIR;[1][2]French:[ɡystavflobɛʁ]; 12 December – 8 May ) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality".[3] He is known especially for his debut novelMadame Bovary (), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
Life
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Flaubert was born in Rouen, in the Seine-Maritime department of Upper Normandy, in northern France. He wa
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Flaubert, Gustave
BORN: , Rouen, France
DIED: , Croisset, France
NATIONALITY: French
GENRE: Fiction, drama
MAJOR WORKS:
Madame Bovary ()
Salammbô ()
Sentimental Education ()
Overview
The most influential French novelist of the nineteenth century, Flaubert is remembered primarily for the stylistic precision and dispassionate rendering of psychological detail funnen in his masterpiece, Madame Bovary (). Although his strict objectivity is often associated with the realist and naturalist movements, he objected to this classification, and his artistry indeed defies such easy categorization. Flaubert struggled throughout his career to overcome a romantic tendency toward fantastic imaginings and love of the exotic past. A meticulous craftsman, he aimed to achieve a prose style “as rhythmical as verse and as precise as the language of science.”
Works in Biographical and Historical Context
A Tumultuous Century in French History France during the nineteenth centur
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