Poverty – in French literature (La pauvreté – dans la littérature française)
Jayita Basak, SACT II, Department of French, Chandernagore College, Chandernagore, E-mail: basakjayita18@gmail.com Abstract: Literature is a set of written works to which we recognize an aesthetic purpose. The author describes contemporary society in his works, sometimes expressing his feelings or describing anecdotes or sometimes criticizing social problems. In the 19th century, we found a new doctrine which opposed Romanticism and Realism. The art of realism must be impersonal, subject to reality. During this period, realists present us with anecdotes of contemporary society with their excellence. Flaubert, Daudet, George Sand, Maupassant, Balzac, Zola, Stendhal – these are the main ones of this period. But writers describe to us the harsh reality of society – poverty, death, struggle of life and so on. First, I will talk about one of Maupassant’s works. Poverty is found in many of his works. In L’Aveugle, Maupassant speaks of a blind man who stays with his sister and his brother-in-law after the death Read More …