L’oeuvre de Jules et Edmond de Goncourt dans la critique litteraire française

Abstract

Nataliia Yatskiv. The creative works of Jules and Edmond Goncourt in the french literary study ABSTRACT Aim. The article, dedicated to Goncourt brothers, deals with the reception of the writers’ literary heritage in the French literary study and defines the main criteria evaluation. Methods. Cultural and historical methods that are used in the study allow to examine the reception of the writers’ literary works in chronological order and to define their role and place in cultural and artistic atmosphere of the middle of XIX century. Results. The detailed analysis of French critical reception of Goncourt brothers’ literary works showed that from the beginning of the end of XIX century French critics stressed on the writers’ innovative character of prose, distinguishing their “artistic writing” as one of the main achievements of their originality and talent. The critics define romantic backgrounds of Goncourt’s outlook, analyze their role in the appeal to actual problems of reality, usage of “human documents” and their influence on the formation of naturalistic poetics. However, Goncourt brothers never stuck to the rules of any of literary schools, despite being the founders of these schools. It is difficult to talk about the influence of naturalism and impressionism in the writers’ literary work, because they are the founders of these tendencies, using them to emphasize aesthetic expressiveness. Scientific novelty includes the works of the French literary study that help identify Goncourt’s stylistic peculiarity – “artistic writing”. The practical significance. The article is of great help to comparative schools concerning Goncourt’s literary work, defining its influence and typological similarities with the literary works of Ukrainian writers of the beginning of XX century, who paid attention to the development of French literature.