Art and human nature xxiv

Authors

  • Carlos G. Musso Servicio de Nefrología. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
  • Paula A. Enz Servicio de Dermatología. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51987/Rev.Hosp.Ital.B.Aires.v36i2.684

Keywords:

boredom, Madame Bovary, Flauber

Abstract

Chronic boredom (acedia) is a negative spiritual state of man, consisting of a combination of apathy and restlessness, which leads him/her to oscillate between depression and the frantic search for distractions of self-destructive character. Additionally, its combination with the presence of psychopathic traits leads do evil as a way to relieve boredom. Gustave Flaubert perfectly reflected this condition in the character of Emma in his masterpiece Madame Bovary

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References

Chabrol C. Madame Bovary. 1992 (Film).

Flaubert G. Madame Bovary. Buenos Aires: El Ateneo; 1954

Kekes J. Las raíces del mal. Buenos Aires: El Ateneo; 2006.

Musso CG, Enz PA. Arte y naturaleza humana I. Rev. Hosp. Ital. B. Aires. 2010; 30(2):1-2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.51987/Rev.Hosp.Ital.B.Aires.v30i2.1020

Schlieper C. Madame Bovary. 1947 (Film).

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Published

2016-06-30

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 2 (2016): Revista del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Section

Humanities

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Musso CG, Enz PA. Art and human nature xxiv. Rev Hosp Ital B.Aires [Internet]. 2016 Jun. 30 [cited 2026 Aug. 21];36(2):79-80. Available from: https://ojs.hospitalitaliano.org.ar/index.php/revistahi/article/view/684

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