The narratives of Flaubert usually begin with the creation of a closed setting, geographically or architecturally contained, that the observer perceives as a theatrical stage. In fact, the staging of space and sets plays such an important role in the narration that it is possible to read the novels as scenographies. Flaubert's tendency to treat life events as tableaux and space as a performing area is already at work in his travel notes and in the Carnets de travail, and he makes a systematic use of this vision in the elaboration of his novels. By showing only what is visible and by creating different spaces for action and observation, Flaubert equates space in the novel with the space of a play. The scenography of the sets as well as the way characters stage their own environment also contribute to this theatrical representation. By representing reality as a staged creation, without an omniscient narrator, scenography can be defined as both a narrative device and a narrative object.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.39412 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Daunais, Isabelle |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Département de langue et littérature françaises.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001317779, proquestno: NN80362, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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