Flaubert’s Genius Artistic Philosophy

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Gustave Flaubert, the greatest 19th century French novelist is credited for pioneering a literary movement that today we call realism. Known as a master of style in literature, and his best-known novel Madame Bovary, is considered one of the best French novels of all time. In this video, I will briefly look at Flaubert’s life, then talk about his novels, style of writing and life’s philosophy in 6 lessons you can learn from him.
My review of Madame Bovary: • Gustave Flaubert’ Mada...
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Biography
04:12 Novels
07:05 Quality over quantity
09:20 Be precise with your Language
11:20 Beauty is created
13:02 Artists do not judge
14:12 Fiction changes reality
16:09 Reality always wins
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[@Fiction_Beast]

Here's my review of Flaubert's Madame Bovary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3fVY4iApqiGb7M

[@plotinuswashere]

here's my favorite Flaubert quote that really shows how much of a perfectionist he was: " _Whatever you want to say, there is only one word that will express it, one verb to make it move, one adjective to qualify it. You must seek that word, that verb, that adjective, and never be satisfied with approximations, never resort to tricks, even clever ones, or to verbal pirouettes to escape the difficulty_ " and one by william s. burroughs, that your line about writing one bad novel a day to get practice reminded me of: " _You do an awful lot of bad writing in order to do any good writing. Incredibly bad. I think it would be very interesting to make a collection of some of the worst writing by good writers_ "

[@sharontheodore8216]

Love Flaubert . . . He uses simple words to express the most complicated emotional and psychological behaviour. The idea of not having kids in order not to inflict them with pain was also expressed by an Arab poet, described as a pessimistic free thinker, born some 1000 years ago who said ‘my father committed this act upon me but I should refuse to commit the same on others. As usual, very informative, detailed and as well entertaining. God bless.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks a lot. I actually know that becuase you mentioned Madame Bovary being your favorite novel a while back.

[@RainApprehensive]

Who was the Arab poet?

[@sharontheodore8216]

@@RainApprehensive Abu al Ala' al Ma'arri

[@Saber23]

Also the fact that this idiot wasn’t grateful for the life his father gave him despite it being the reason he could babble such nonsense speaks VOLUMES about his repulsive character

[@Barnabas94]

Love your content. I am currently reading Madame Bovary for the first time. Just read some Balzac and have some Zoila, Turgenev, Tolstoy on my shelf.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Wonderful!

[@pierrex3226]

Zola :)

[@louisebarretto2413]

Excellent reading of key themes in Flaubert 's work and the prevailing philosopies of the time that influenced him. Streets ahead of some on social media calling themselves 'reviewers'. Thank you !

[@donaldkelly3983]

Great video! Read The Three Tales I'm high school and for the first time in my life I felt that I accomplished something as a reader.

[@Fiction_Beast]

That's awesome!

[@Nia-yz4ft]

How you pierce through the conundrum of content and provide the profound insight of the writer is commendable. Especially that comparison between Dostoevsky and Flaubert in beginning sets the stage and then a performance👏

[@Fiction_Beast]

Really appreciate your comment. It has taken a lot of practice. I have read too much.

[@tresojos]

50 pages into Salammbo. Already one of my favs

[@dbag57]

This is the best chanel ever! I wish you well!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks so much.

[@ramdularsingh1435]

A French legend in creativity and its endurability....

[@pierrex3226]

Endurability?

[@simonaclutter3138]

I’m obsessed with your voice.

[@Fiction_Beast]

thank you so much! I have also heard completely the opposite so nice to hear some do enjoy it.

[@soyelsacrificio]

Outstanding, thank you for this

[@Fiction_Beast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ROXCANADA2023]

❤ Excellent review, thank you so much

[@surajporey1484]

Excellent. Learnt a lot! Indeed a masterpiece. Requesting a video on Mo Yan, the Chinese Novelist. Heard a lot about him. But not in a strict sense. So please 🙂. By the way, good editing. Regards

[@Fiction_Beast]

Great suggestion!

[@lunarhypnosis594]

Thank you for your work and research !

[@ursalaminor8457]

You are very knowledgeable and a good resource thanks

[@gazrater1820]

Great work Fiction Beast.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks.

[@ememlaem6890]

Love your content

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks!

[@j0nnyism]

I read madam Bovary twice 20 years apart and interpreted it completely differently. First time I disliked Emily the second time I greatly pitied her. Flaubert is truly one of the greats

[@zexalinishere]

Keep up the great work

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks, will do!

[@user-so8kx7uj2x]

Flaubert...what an artist. A great great thinker and a great Human. I'm pretty sure that Nietzsche was admiring him much more than what he admitted about the French culture

[@DarkAngelEU]

Picasso once said "We are all children of Cézanne" A writer once said "We are all instructed by Flaubert"

[@BitterDawn]

Regrettably I'm not much of a reader but I've started listening to audiobooks here and there but, I enjoy listening to these stories of interesting writers, philosophers and other creative individuals. Getting a summary of their works and it often seems the person is as interesting, if not more than their creations.

[@priyankadubey1418]

Please do a full video of sentimental education too 🙏

[@Fiction_Beast]

sure.

[@louisebarretto2413]

Yes please. It remains an extremely good book ever living in the shadow of M Bovary.

[@EscapadeS1]

My best so far. Going through your channel

[@Fiction_Beast]

Welcome aboard!

[@EscapadeS1]

@@Fiction_Beast thank you very much.

[@ronlys6986]

Thanks!

[@user-io4fe7is1s]

Congratulations for the video! Which classical piece is being played around the 14th minute?

[@wahyuajiprakosa1699]

Thanks for subtitles Indonesian 🙏

[@ezequielafferrante]

Excelente trabajo, lleno de dedicación y esfuerzo!, Hace poco descubri este canal con el vídeo de Tolstoí y Dostoievski, y ahora soy fan de tus vídeos, gracias por los subtítulos en español, eternamente agradecido

[@Fiction_Beast]

gracias por los comentarios. Aprecio que veas mis videos.

[@VictorAugustus]

Great video!!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks!

[@rahuljha5615]

Another deep analysed video Woohoo🥳🥳🥳

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you!

[@viktorivanov904]

Another great video! I recommend u to try some Bulgarian classics,u wont be disappointed

[@Fiction_Beast]

Which ones?

[@hanko3326]

My favorite content

[@Fiction_Beast]

Appreciate it.

[@gracefitzgerald2227]

One more to add to my list. Sounds like my kind of dude! 😃

[@MrExtraordinaire16]

Well hello there again, nice to see you.

[@Fiction_Beast]

You should! Flaubert was a methodical artist.

[@gracefitzgerald2227]

@@MrExtraordinaire16 always good to see you! Fiction Beast is making quite the homework list for me! 😊. I’m proud to say I’m already 120 pages in Book 4 of Proust. Then I’ll take a break with Don Quixote. Then I’ll have to decide from Madame Bovary or Proust 5. I really enjoyed my first William Blake poem so glad to have gotten the suggestion from you.

[@MrExtraordinaire16]

@@gracefitzgerald2227 dang you've already reached sodom and gomore that's impressive, it took me over 4 weeks the finish the entire collection of a la recherche du temps perdu as for the William blake poem i am really glad you like it i've recently been starting To read some robert frost poems aswell as t.s elliot and am also beginning to read the first pages of the pickwick paper by charles dickens so it's been a stipulating day for me aswell but it was also tremendously fun and I hope you have the same enjoyment as I did reading these books.😁

[@gracefitzgerald2227]

@@MrExtraordinaire16 oh yeah! Absolutely, and I walk around talking like Frazier Crane driving everyone around me absolutely bonkers! I recently watched Patrick Melrose and Catherine the Great. Both series are fantastically verbose. My friend got mad at me for calling her posture ghastly. Lol, she’s a ballerina so I felt like she could take it 😃

[@kotby3066]

on of the most benefits in your channel that you provide many subtitles like Arabica my native language .. keep going in your journey

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you! Glad it helped.

[@samirkarki192]

Bro, could you do a similar detailed analysis of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?

[@Fiction_Beast]

Maybe in the future, right now i have a few other projects to work on.

[@ashharkhan799]

❤

[@Sachie465]

So his persistence and dedication was his genius. Apparently, Kafka admired him. So did Akutagawa. They could read French, of course.

[@lukehunnable]

“Women’s love is unconditional”? Loooool, Flaubert lived in a different world, I guess.

[@rickyseedo4067]

Salambo is one of the best novels ever written, its like a mix between Tolkien and Conan

[@musicbyterence4655]

You should cover James Baldwin or ANY African American writer or philosopher! They have worth.

[@operaguy1]

Flaubert. This is a sick project. He resented the setup, having to produce something of value and trade it with others. Still making literature from his poisonous dreck, such as the putrid film "Little Children."

[@Saber23]

As usual he’s French so I hate everything about his delusional philosophy but damn could he write I’ll give the brother that

[@NoSoulNoToll]

Ah finally, an Antinatalist writer

[@kajgenell]

You really do not pay much attention to the form, the style, the irony. A novel is not just some sort of manual for living, you know. A novel is something much, much more. As a matter of fact, describing a novel is very futile, and contradict the very idea of the novel as such. Thus if you excuse me, but to make my point absolutely clear, which of course always is a good thing to do, I have to say that you are trivializing Flaubert.

[@plotinuswashere]

this is the most elitist comment I've ever read