Abstract
It is this project goal to study the manifestation of the tragic in the novel of the nineteenth century - period that is generically named Realism. The novels "Madame Bovary" (by Flaubert) and "Anna Kariênina" (by Tolstoi) are the specific objects of study of this project. This choice is justified because both the novels are products of what is called Realism,and also because of a theme t…