KnowraMadame BovaryLinked fromLinked fromThe 11 pages that link to Madame Bovary, each with the reason it gives.All 11Broader topic 7Related 3Compared with 1Free indirect discourseBroader topic: Flaubert’s narration absorbs Emma’s romantic clichés without presenting them as direct quotations.Literary realismBroader topic: Its precise account of Emma’s desires and circumstances became a landmark of French realism.Psychological realismBroader topic: Its close narration reveals how borrowed fantasies shape Emma’s desires.Gustave FlaubertBroader topic: Its publication brought Flaubert a prosecution for obscenity and established his literary reputation.Psychological novelBroader topic: Its close attention to Emma’s fantasies and disappointments makes inner life drive the story.French literary canonBroader topic: Its formal precision helped establish the realist novel as a central canonical achievement.List of literary movementsBroader topic: Its style and social observation make it a touchstone of literary realism.