Information on Maupassant and Flaubert, an introduction to Flaubert and Maupassant

Flaubert: Born 1821-1880

An important French writer of critical realism.

Maupassant, full name Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893): An outstanding French critical realist writer in the second half of the 19th century, who studied under the famous French writer Flaubert. In his lifetime, he wrote 6 novels** and more than 350 short stories**, and his literary achievements are most prominent in short stories**, and he is one of the world's three great short stories alongside Chekhov and O. Henry.

Flaubert (1821-1880) was an important French writer of critical realism.

Guestav Flaubert, an important French critical realist in the mid-19th century, was born on December 17, 1821 in Rouen to a family of famous surgeons. His works reflect the style of the times in France from 1848 to 1871, exposing the ugly and vulgar bourgeois society. His "objective and indifferent" creative theory and meticulously carved artistic style are unique in the history of French literature.

Maupassant (1850-1893) was an outstanding French critical realist writer in the second half of the 19th century. In his lifetime, he wrote 6 novels** and more than 350 short stories**, and his literary achievements are most prominent in short stories**, and he is the king of short stories in the world alongside Chekhov and O. Henry, and has had a great influence on later generations. He is good at checking and curiosing typical fragments from ordinary and trivial things, and summarizes the reality of life in a small way.

His short stories focus on imitating the human situation, and the layout is ingenious, and the details are described, the language of the characters and the ending of the story are all unique.

Yesterday I saw an article about Maupassant's love of reading when he was young, reading a lot of famous books and writing a lot of articles. But his writings always had no depth in thought, and Maupassant was distressed.

Maupassant went to consult Flaubert, a famous writer at the time, and Flaubert told him that your essay has no depth, mainly because you have not observed enough, and Flaubert told Maupassant to go back and observe the carriage passing by the door every day.

Maupassant listened to his teacher's teachings, and after a long period of observation, he found that the carriage looked different when it was uphill and downhill, and the appearance of the people who drove the carriage on sunny and rainy days was also distinctive. Maupassant wrote his observations into the essay and then consulted Flaubert, who told him that although you can already observe and write in-depth articles, you still need to persevere.

Maupassant listened to Flaubert, and after a long period of observation, he accumulated a large amount of material, wrote many famous articles, and became a famous writer.

From reading this article, I felt that Maupassant was a person who was good at learning, and that under the guidance of his teacher, he immediately devoted himself to observation, and observed with his heart and thought carefully; What is even more commendable is that he has a persistent heart, which has accumulated a lot of information for his writing. It can be seen how important persistence is.

As long as we observe carefully in life and persist in writing, each of us will find our own way of writing. After reading these contents, as a novice writer, I will definitely persevere, observe and accumulate in life, exercise and grow in writing, come on, myself.

One day, Maupassant, a French short story writer, brought a new work to consult Flaubert, an outstanding French realist writer. He saw a thick stack of manuscripts on Flaubert's desk, and when he opened it, he saw that only one line was written on each page, and the other nine lines were blank.

Maupassant asked puzzledly: "Sir, isn't it too much of a waste of manuscript paper for you to write like this?" Flaubert smiled and said:

I have long developed the habit of writing only the first line on a ten-line manuscript paper, and the remaining nine lines are reserved for revision. Maupassant listened and suddenly understood. So he immediately said goodbye and went home to revise his **.