La figure de la comparaison chez Flaubert

We will show the pregnant and nodal character of the image comparison in Flaubert’s stylistics, by observing in succession: the nature of the personal relationship the writer had with this figure, the way it functions in the work and, finally, the critical reception of Flaubert’s comparisons. The ev...

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Main Author: Nathalie Petibon
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Institut des Textes & Manuscrits Modernes (ITEM) 2014-10-01
Series:Flaubert: Revue Critique et Génétique
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/flaubert/2279
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Summary:We will show the pregnant and nodal character of the image comparison in Flaubert’s stylistics, by observing in succession: the nature of the personal relationship the writer had with this figure, the way it functions in the work and, finally, the critical reception of Flaubert’s comparisons. The evidence shows that, for Flaubert, comparisons constitute both an ironic perspective and a poetic frame.
ISSN:1969-6191