Chapter 68 Balzac and the "Human Comedy"

Balzac and the "Human Comedy" I like to read the biography of Balzac very much.Although his pen is almost no second person can Comparable enough, but the life he led in the unfair society of France at that time is very different from ours now. It's pretty much the same for many people. Balzac's writing time is always between midnight and dawn.He rushed to write like crazy, Wearing big pajamas like priest's robes, drinking bitter strong coffee, with a cold towel wrapped around his head, and forgetting to eat, Just keep writing.He worked so intensely not only because of his creative impulse, but also because of his

In order to press for the printing office, there are creditors waiting for him to exchange his works for money to repay the debt.write to the sky sometimes It is already light, and before he can finish what he wants to write, he often has to draw down the blinds to block the dawn sun, Continue to write under the oil lamp, still as if it is night, so that I can write with peace of mind. Although he wrote so hard, the sales of his works are good, and his reputation is also very good, but his The economic situation is always not good, always living in poverty, on the verge of bankruptcy, and the embarrassment of creditors coming to the door

case.Many of his novels describe the misery of borrowing and avoiding debts, and they are very wonderfully written, which is based on Written from his own personal experience. Every writer has his own aspirations, big or small, when it comes to writing.But Balzac's writing Desire is different from ordinary writers, his ambition is astonishing, because he wants to reflect the competition in his works. Not part of the era in which he lived, but trying to reflect the entire era, kaleidoscopically showing him It is reflected in various aspects of the era.In order to realize this ambition, he set the "Human World"

Comedy writing project.This work will be composed of more than one hundred novels, short stories and character features to form. Due to the torments in life, Balzac did not live very long, only fifty-two years old. At the time of his death, his project of this unprecedentedly great writing was far from being completed, but the long There are already more than sixty kinds of novels and short story collections, which are all part of his "Human Comedy". part.However, although it is not yet complete, the whole of French society after the Revolution has been vividly and faithfully presented.

Now it's his pen. Balzac wrote very quickly.But before he started writing, it took a lot of time to collect information. Time, some backgrounds need to be observed on the spot, and many reference books related to vertical and horizontal have to be read beforehand.write well After that, he also likes to revise. Sometimes the whole article has been paid for typesetting. He changed it so much that he couldn't even see it clearly, so he would often erase it all and rewrite it again.when he draws up When the writing plan of "Human Comedy" was signed with the publisher, the publisher asked him to answer

There should be a proviso that if there are too many revisions during proofreading, he will be required to bear the cost of revision.result bar The royalties of 15,000 francs advanced by Erzak actually had to subsidize more than 5,000 francs for printing after the manuscript was completed. Brush.His financial situation has always been such a mess. The origin of the name "Human Comedy" is due to the hint of the title of Dante's "Divine Comedy".bal Zach wanted to give his novel a general title, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of an appropriate one, because his plan

The plan is to describe an era and the various features of this era, and to analyze and criticize them.Later even However, a friend came back from a trip to Italy and talked about Italian literature and Dante's "Divine Comedy". Zac suddenly had an idea and thought of the title.Dante's "Divine Comedy" As the name) is about heaven and hell, then his novels about the present world can naturally be titled Made "Human Comedy".Balzac liked this title so much that he wrote a preface to to explain. His "Human Comedy" writing plan is scheduled to divide the characters he wants to describe into arrays and divide them into groups.

For private life, life in the provinces, life in Paris, etc., some with children and young men and women as the theme, some with Some write about countrymen and provincials, and some write about the corrupt Parisian life.In addition, military life, political Department of Life and Philosophical Studies, the latter is the analysis of the roots that determine the character of various forms of human beings in society This factor.Finally, he will write "Pathology of Social Life", "Improving Philosophy and Politics in the Nineteenth Century". Political Dialogues" and so on - and all these are not essays, but are composed of characters in the genre of novels -

- Balzac wanted to include the whole of French society in his "Human Comedy". According to the plan drawn up by Balzac, his "Human Comedy" will be composed of 144 works. As a result, there are more than 4,000 characters scheduled to appear on the stage.Although he never completed this unprecedented creation, he More than 60 novels have been written, and more than 2,000 typical characters have been created. It is worthy of our admiration.In the school of French literature, the one who inherited the great tradition of Balzac is the Left pull.His project for The House of Lugon Marga was taken directly from The Human Comedy.

enlightenment.