A Reading of the Madame Bovary (or impossible satisfaction)

Authors

  • Carlos Gómez Sánchez UNED

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.39.2017.16543

Keywords:

Flaubert, Madame Bovary, fantasy, reality, satisfaction impossible

Abstract

After comparing Madame Bovary with the romantic backdrop, the presentation of vulgarity and the space for mediocrity in the novel will be considered, in order to analyze the personality of Emma Bovary. Her personality will be defined, more than through rebellion against the social limitations of her context, through the perpetual clash between fantasy and reality, which makes satisfaction impossible.

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Author Biography

Carlos Gómez Sánchez, UNED

Departamento de Filosofía y Filosofía Moral y Política

Catedrático de Filosofía Moral y Política

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Published

2017-06-23

How to Cite

Gómez Sánchez, C. (2017). A Reading of the Madame Bovary (or impossible satisfaction). ENDOXA, (39), 399–410. https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.39.2017.16543

Issue

No. 39 (2017)

Section

Comments and Critical Notes

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