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Flaubert

Historical Figure
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

French novelist known for "Madame Bovary" and precise, detached realism

Detailed Definition
Gustave Flaubert pioneered modern prose with his meticulous style and critique of bourgeois life. Though a novelist, his aesthetic influenced poetic precision. Poets cite him as a model of artistic discipline, the search for le mot juste, and the tragicomedy of unfulfilled desire.
Example
Example in poetry:
Flaubert appears in 19th-century French poetry as the perfectionist of prose; Poets reference “Madame Bovary” to explore bourgeois disillusionment; In symbolist verse, Flaubert symbolizes artistic detachment; Modern poets cite his search for “le mot juste” as a poetic ideal; His trial for immorality inspires poems on censorship and realism; Flaubert’s despair over human stupidity becomes a recurring theme.
Additional Notes
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880), French novelist (“Madame Bovary”), pioneered realism and “le mot juste”; though a prose writer, his aesthetic rigor influenced Symbolist and modernist poets; in historical poetic contexts, Flaubert represents artistic detachment, stylistic precision, or the cult of beauty—useful when analyzing Parnassian or imagist poetry that values exactitude over sentiment.
Also Known As
Gustave Flaubert
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