General knowledge of Mo Bosang literature.

The themes of short stories can be roughly summarized into three aspects: first, satirizing vanity and money worship, such as Necklace and My Uncle Yule; The second is to describe the miserable experience of working people and praise their integrity, simplicity and generosity, such as return; The third is to describe the Franco-Prussian War and reflect the patriotic feelings of the French people, such as boule de suif. The ingenious layout and structure of Mo Bosang and Mo Bosang's short stories. The choice of typical details, lyrical narrative techniques and fluent and natural writing style all provided models for later writers. Mo Bosang's best themes are the Franco-Prussian War he personally participated in, his ten-year career as a shop assistant and his life in his hometown of Normandy as a teenager, which provided extremely rich themes for his short stories. These works eulogize the patriotic enthusiasm of the people, show the rural customs and apathy of the world, and truly reflect the monotonous and rigid life of small staff. They have their own artistic characteristics, but they are not the same, just like the facets on a gem, which all reflect brilliant light. In addition, his keen observation is also commendable. Since Flaubert's apprenticeship, he has traveled long distances from Paris to Flaubert's residence in the suburbs of Rouen with his new exercises every Sunday to listen to Flaubert's comments on the exercises he handed in the previous week. Flaubert is very strict with him. First of all, he is required to observe things keenly and thoroughly. Under the guidance of the teacher, Mo Bosang gradually became good at "discovering the features that others have not found or written". Later, he talked about the writer's careful and keen observation of things. He said, "You should carefully observe everything you want to express, take a long time, and concentrate on it, so that you can find those aspects that no one has seen or said so far. In order to describe a burning fire or a tree on the ground, we need to stand in front of this fire or this tree until we feel that they are no longer the same as other flames and other trees. " Mo Bosang inherited the realistic tradition of realistic masters such as Flaubert, Balzac and Stendhal, and followed the pioneers of naturalism such as Zola. In writing, he faces up to reality and respects history, especially to prevent himself from appearing in his works. There is almost no straightforward preaching in his articles, and the greatest feature of his creation is that he is good at hiding himself. At the same time, he skillfully mastered how to convey his views to readers while hiding, and finally enlightened and educated readers. This kind of concealment is not a real concealment. It only highlights the theme of the work, which is more intriguing than those plain sentences and lengthy truths.