Emotions conflict In Balzac’s novel The Father Goriot And Stendhal’s The Red and The Black

Abstract

Au XIXe siècle, avec l’excès de la passion, le roman français commence à avoir de nouvelles figures. Il tend à être un reflet de la pensée et de la passion. Stendhal et Balzac révèlent ainsi le conflit de l’âme et donnent à leur héros l’impression que tout est permis.

                Ces protagonistes doivent, d’une part, subir des fluctuations psychologiques, et d’autre part, ces héros doivent être capables de faire face aux rancunes et aux conflits destructeurs. Les personnages stendhaliens et balzaciens finissent par croire que leur combat ne portera pas ses fruits, parce que toute passion déséquilibrée mènera, soit à la folie, soit à la mort.

Abstract

The French novel in the 19^th century transformed from reason-based to emotion based. This was uncovered by Stendhal’s novel and Balzac’ novels in that there was a destructive conflict between reason and emotion. Both novelists gave the impression to their protagonists that everything is permissible as a new technique in novel-writing.

The novel characters should shoulder the conflict consequences and results such as jealousy and abhorrence. The novelist’s protagonists became fully convinced that the conflict did not fulfill its aims owing to the fact that unbalanced emotions often lead to madness or death.