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Balzacian

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Bal·zac  (bôlzk, bl-, bäl-zäk), Honoré de 1799-1850.
French writer and a founder of the realist school of fiction who portrayed the panorama of French society in a body of works known collectively as La Comédie Humaine.
Bal·zaci·an (-zk-n) adj.
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Adj.1.Balzacian - of or relating to Honore de Balzac or his writings


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10e Chambre, Instants d'audiences (Raymond Depardon) The French photographer turns the proceedings of a Paris courtroom into a Balzacian fresco; funny and flinch-making.
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Week 3: Germinal, Part II (explicate chapters 3 & 5) Metaphors of capital versus labor; reification of the workers; doubt, faith, will, and reasoning of the miners and capitalists in the face of the social, political, and economic issues confronting them; comparison with Balzac's realism and distinction between Zola's "morality in action" ("morale en action") and the Balzacian character's "stock exchange value on moral principles" ("morale en actions")
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