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Title
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La Satire Comme Critique Sociale Chez Balzac.
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Creator
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Paramonova, Galina, Hokenson, Jan W., Florida Atlantic University
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Abstract/Description
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As one of the founders of the realist novel, Balzac is praised for having invented returning characters and interwoven chronologies that serve to challenge the decadent social mores of his time, but critical discussions of Balzacs's work continue to neglect his use of satire in social criticism. Different modes of satire occure in his LePere Goriot (1835), Le Bat de Sceaux (1829), Gobseck (1830), La Maison Nucingen (1837), Le Depute dArcis (1847), and La Femme abandonnee (1822), which...
Show moreAs one of the founders of the realist novel, Balzac is praised for having invented returning characters and interwoven chronologies that serve to challenge the decadent social mores of his time, but critical discussions of Balzacs's work continue to neglect his use of satire in social criticism. Different modes of satire occure in his LePere Goriot (1835), Le Bat de Sceaux (1829), Gobseck (1830), La Maison Nucingen (1837), Le Depute dArcis (1847), and La Femme abandonnee (1822), which together attest that Balzac achieves his ambition to become both the Rabelais and the Moliere of his era.
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Date Issued
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2008
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000947
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Subject Headings
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Balzac, Honoré de,--1799-1850--Criticism and interpretation, Social history in literature, Satire, French--History and criticism, Criticism--France--19th century
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Format
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Document (PDF)