Bovarysme

Bovarysme is a term derived from Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1857). It denotes a tendency toward escapist daydreaming in which the dreamer imagines himself or herself to be a hero or heroine in a romance, whilst ignoring the everyday realities of the situation. The eponymous Madame Bovary is an example of this.^[1]

In his essay "Shakespeare and the Stoicism of Seneca" (1927), T. S. Eliot suggested Othello's last great speech as an example: "I do not believe that any writer has ever exposed this bovarysme, the human will to see things as they are not, more clearly than Shakespeare."

References

↑ Baldick, Chris (2008). Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press

Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1856)

Films	Unholy Love (1932) Madame Bovary (1934) Madame Bovary (1937) Madame Bovary (1947) Madame Bovary (1949) Madame Bovary (1969) Madame Bovary (1991) Madame Bovary (2014)

Television	Madame Bovary (2000)

Adaptations	Ryan's Daughter (1970) Signora Bovary (1987) Maya Memsaab (1992) Madame Blueberry (1998) Gemma Bovery (1999)

Related	The Perpetual Orgy Bovarysme Anuradha From These Roots

Inspiration	Louise Colet Delphine Delamare

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