{"title":"Deciphering 1848: Repetition and Degradation in Madame Bovary","authors":"Abigail RayAlexander","doi":"10.1353/esp.2023.a906707","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: A hidden code in Madame Bovary subtly deploys the cypher of 1848 to critique Victor Hugo and, by extension, Napoléon III. This code aligns the novel's characters with historical figures and revolutions and highlights their shared shortcomings. In this way, Madame Bovary ridicules the degradation produced by repetition as well as the resulting gaps between flowery narratives and their less idyllic realities. During its 1857 trial, the novel's censors failed to notice its most concealed and dangerously democratizing political critique, namely, that the powerful are no greater than the humble.","PeriodicalId":54063,"journal":{"name":"ESPRIT CREATEUR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ESPRIT CREATEUR","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/esp.2023.a906707","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE, ROMANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: A hidden code in Madame Bovary subtly deploys the cypher of 1848 to critique Victor Hugo and, by extension, Napoléon III. This code aligns the novel's characters with historical figures and revolutions and highlights their shared shortcomings. In this way, Madame Bovary ridicules the degradation produced by repetition as well as the resulting gaps between flowery narratives and their less idyllic realities. During its 1857 trial, the novel's censors failed to notice its most concealed and dangerously democratizing political critique, namely, that the powerful are no greater than the humble.
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For more than forty years, L"Esprit Créateur has published studies on French and Francophone literature, film, criticism, and culture. The journal features articles representing a variety of methodologies and critical approaches. Exploring all periods of French literature and thought, L"Esprit Créateur focuses on topics that define French and Francophone Studies today.
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