La représentation du discours de Gustave Flaubert dans une étude de Ferdinand Brunetière

The analysis concerns the means of representation of the discourse of G. Flaubert in the study of F. Brunetière which has as its aim the assessment o f this writer on the basis of his works. The categories which have been considered are: representation of the other discourse (reported speech, autonymic modalisation) and the borrowing of segments which serve to discuss the procedures of writing. We have observed the presence of many opaque and clouding formulations. To a large degree the critic bases his judgements on the words and opinions of the writer himself. In particular cases, Flaubert as a source becomes cospeaker and is identified as «the poet».