Chapter 60 Balzac's Witty Tales

Balzac's Witty Tales Balzac wrote to his lover Madame Hanska about which of his own works When I was most satisfied, I especially recommended "A Collection of Witty Stories".He said: "If you don't like La Fontaine's story, don't like it, if Ali Austodor can't make you happy, so you'd better not read "Witty Tales", although However, I think that my own future reputation will depend largely on this book." Balzac, who planned a book as big as "Human Comedy", especially respects this story It's not his own preference or trickery, it's really another kind of opinion.because

Although these stories are all early works, Balzac is taking materials and describing these stories. In his approach, he inherited the glorious tradition of French literature, that is to say, he, like his great Like his predecessor Rabelais, he mocked the aristocratic stage and the obstinacy and greed of the monks, and also sang Praise the sanctity of love and the wisdom and beauty of women.He considers "Human Comedy" as a French novel Opening up new territories and horizons, "Witty Stories" inherits the traditions of Rabelais, La Fontaine and others. The glorious tradition of Queen Laval and others preserved the medieval irony and cheerfulness of French literature.

Spirit.This spirit, since Balzac, has only been slightly reflected in the works of France. Yes, there is almost no successor now. Balzac's "Witty Stories", originally imagined by Buccaccio, He wrote a hundred stories, but stopped after writing thirty, and later in 1853 Collected and printed together, it became the "Collection of Humorous Stories" seen today.due to content Full of bold and ironic descriptions characteristic of French medieval literature, many works of Balzac I dare not include this book in the collection, so not many people know about it.In fact, this view is ignorant and

And it's ridiculous, because Balzac himself thought it was one of his important works, and he also said that his Most of my future reputation will be built on this book.