福楼拜对于语言的精益求精已经成为文学史上的一个著名范例。他如同一匹孤独的野兽深深陷入语言方阵,疲惫不堪地同语言苦苦搏斗。然而,不可否认的是,苦心孤诣的语言推敲致使福楼拜的某些小说出现了不可思议的魔力。高尔基曾经回忆起阅读福楼拜《一颗纯朴的心》的奇怪情景:“在这里隐藏着一种不可思议的魔术,我不是捏造,曾经有好几次,我象野人似的,机械地把书页对着光亮反复细看,仿佛想从字里行间找到猜透魔术的方法”。虽然这种陈述难免包含了作家惯用的俏皮与夸张,但是,人们仍然应当从中意识到一个重要事实:在这里,语言成为作家驻足而观的注视焦点。舛于一个现实主义的作家说来, Flaubert has become a famous example in the history of literature for the excellence of language. Like a lone beast, he plunged deeply into the language square and worked tirelessly with language. However, it is undeniable that painstaking linguistic inquiries have led to some incredible magic in some of Flaubert’s novels. Gorky once recalled the weird scenario of reading Flaubert’s “A Simple Heart:” There’s an incredible magic hidden here, I’m not fake, I’ve been there several times, I’m like a savage, Repeatedly look at the light, as if trying to find ways to guess magic through the lines. " Although this statement inevitably contains the usual playful and exaggerated features of writers, one should still realize the important fact that language has become the focus of attention of writers here. As a realist writer said,