Flaubert''s Characters - The Language of Illusion

Klappentext Dr Knight explores the relationship between the contents of Flaubert's stories and his practice as a writer. Zusammenfassung This major new study takes issue both with the traditional critical view that Flaubert's central characters are weak and with the approach adopted by a number of contemporary critics who claim that character is deliberately undermined in the interests of non-representational writing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction: Character and value; 1. Oriental aesthetics; 2. The merits of inarticulacy; 3. By-passing speech; 4. Endless illusions; 5. Overturning reality; Conclusion: Making madness more mad; Notes; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Diana Knight
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521110587
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11058-7
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Cambridge Studies in French
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies