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The Figure of 'écart' in "A Countryside Excursion"

The Figure of 'écart' in "A Countryside Excursion"

Summary/Abstract: "'A Countryside Excursion", written in 1881 and almost immediately incorporated into the collection The Maison Tellier, is nowadays considered as emblematic of Maupassant's mastery in the art of short story. Under the comforting, easy appearances of bourgeois ribaldry (which did fool some), this tale of a foursome country excursion depicts a world where perception remains limited and fragmented; a reality deepened by the tension between the urge to stray and the pressure to stay, between difference and reproduction, conformity to a moral, aesthetic, or discursive norm. Captivating his readers by sensuality, Maupassant lastly invites them to ponder the weakness of human condition and the parallel, irreconcilable tragedies of men and women.

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