Vigencia de la obra de Gustave Flaubert, un maestro de las letras universales

Abstract

Gustave Flaubert is one of the greatest writers of all times. His gift for literature shone in his adolescence: his works spring precociously. Later, at his father’s home in Croisset, overlooking the Seine, he devotes himself entirely to his grand passion: literature. Wrapped in himself, he outlines his conception of art. A study of Flaubert allows understanding why his name gives prestige to universal literature: his extreme care in composing his works. Flaubert polished his words like an artisan. Flaubert is influenced by the XIX century literary trends in France. In his beginnings he is a romantic, though realism and naturalism are also there. Yet, the essential in his works are definitely his elevated artistic merits.