L'impersonnalisation créatrice

Abstract

As a true supporter of objective and laborious writing, resulting from hard work and not from divine inspiration, Flaubert totally opposes subjectivity in literary works as, in his opinion, depersonalization gives literature the force to exist without any other additions besides the form and the content. Poïeticien even before this term was invented, Flaubert understood that, during the creation of a literary work, the writer should forget himself, let the work create itself through him and hide everything connected to his biographical self. This is how the perfectly lucid consciousness of the modern writer emerges. Such consciousness, such creative depersonalization contributes to achieving a true revolution, not only of the literary form, but also in the entire literature. Flaubert's correspondence, a genuine « poïetic art », does not explain his work. It does explain how the conscious and impersonal poïen generates more value.