Based on the lines from Là-bas condemning young naturalists for turning themselves into “apes who mimic” (regrattiers) Flaubert, and endlessly rewriting L’Éducation sentimentale, this article interprets the experiment carried out by Huysmans in his 1884 novel as a singular, radical, and facetious enterprise to “detoxify” from Flaubert’s influence.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques