Analyzing Flaubert's literary techniques in Madame Bovary.

AN ANALYSIS OF FLAUBERT’S LITERARY TECHNIQUES IN MADAME
BOVARY.
Flaubert Gustave (1821-1880) was born in Rouen, France. He studied law unsuccessfully in Paris and returned home to devote himself to writing. In 1856, after five years of work, Flaubert published his master piece, Madame Bovary, in a Paris journal1. Madame Bovary tells the story of a provincial wife who seeks release from the boredom of her marriage in adultery and romantic dreams. Her illusions and her debts finally drives her to suicide. In this essay, I would like to discuss some of the literary techniques that Flaubert employed in Madame Bovary.
Flaubert uses descriptive passages as another dimension of his story. In many novels, descriptive passages serve as intermissions in the plot , but in Madame Bovary they're an integral part of the story. For example, Flaubert's description of Charles' cap in the opening scene tells a reader as much about its owner as one might get in several pages of character analy...