EN 3452 Lecture Notes - Gustave Flaubert, David Mcduff, Apen
23 Apr 2014
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1840s: transition in literature from romanticism to realism: romantics saw suffering derived from the oversaturation of emotion. Emotion: focus of sentimentalism, belief that emotions are wise and a better guide for one"s life, 19th century sees dominance of feelings in the post-napoleonic world. Elements of idealism: art has no value without transformational element, duty of the artist to transcend and transform the physical (i. e. , real) world. Epigraph of novella reminiscent of makar devushkin: both share opinion that literature creates internal argument and can evoke rebellion (internal and social). Epistolary form of novel borrowed from sentimentalist genre. Dostoevsky creates an emphasis on emotion conveyed in the frequent insignificant details. 47 years old: devushkin: a girl (translation, makar is very emotional, as if his character has been in some way determined by his name. Varenka, on the other hand, is much more grounded.
