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Flaubert's writing was influenced by literary realism, a style that emerged as a counter-reaction to the French romanticism of the early 1800s. **Romanticism** is exactly what it sounds like - dramatic literature written in deep emotional gestures. **Realism** sought to expose the illusions of romance by emphasizing the realities of common life. //Madame Bovary// exhibits tastes of both literary movements; the narrative style sways with the plot's events.