This approaches love, through the lenses of Psychoanalysis, within the literary work Madame Bovary (1856). The proposal aims to describe and discuss the construction of the concept of love in psychoanalytic theory, through the analysis of the literary work of Gustave Flaubert, presenting the relationship between love and Philosophy; describing relationships between love and Psychoanalysis; analyzing the subjective position of the character Emma towards love; conducting field research with psychoanalysts in private practice, asking them about the demand for love in their daily work; all with the aim of producing a handout to be used in the classroom, in the Special Topics in Psychoanalysis discipline. These objectives were operationalized through qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research, and the work consisting of a bibliographic survey phase; construction and analysis of the theoretical framework; preliminary study; analysis of literary work, and field study. Data collection was carried out through t