Wow, Antoun, I’m impressed by your range of interests too! If one can have such exchanges on Medium, it does call into question what is the point of a university? Anyway to your points, thanks for reminding me about the French term Bovarism, very true. Like a true artist, I feel that Flaubert’s creations speak more eloquently than the man himself. I wrote the essay here several years ago, actually, just revised it for Medium. More to come on Palestinian literature, as I just finish an amazing prison memoir by Nasser Abu Srour.