Rollins College Rollins Scholarship Online Master of Liberal Studies Theses Spring 2011 Les Trois Visionnaires: The aN rrative of Balzac, Flaubert, and Zola Jonathan C. Landwer Rollins College,
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[email protected]. Les Trois Visionnaires: The Narrative of Balzac, Flaubert, and Zola A Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Liberal Studies By Jonathan C. Landwer April 2011 Mentor: Dr. Patricia Lancaster Rollins College Hamilton Holt School Master of Liberal Studies Program Winter Park, Florida ii Acknowledgements The culmination of several years of study, sacrifice, and personal triumph rest with this thesis. The wonderful support I was given came from many people, some of which have no idea what a wonderful influence they had on me. First, Ms. Clair Thiebauldt (retired), who recognized my fear of beginning graduate school at such a late age and encouraged me to press on to reap the benefits of what she knew was going to be a life-changing effort. Next, to Dr. Robert Smither, Professor, friend, neighbor, who granted me the opportunity to study Homer, Virgil, Plato, Dante, Shakespeare, Pope, Jefferson, Darwin, Freud, Faulkner, Balzac, Flaubert, and Zola—to name a scant few.