Boule de suif

The cruel and striking history of the Suif Ball, followed by an anthology on the art of the new in the 19th century.In addition, a notebook "History of the Arts". The workIn Normandy, during the winter of 1870-1871, while France has just lost the war against Prussia, a courtesan accepts the sacrifice imposed on her by her fellow travellers, held hostage by an enemy officer, in exchange for their liberation. Through this realistic news, Maupassant – at the top of her art – gives us a fierce critique of the prejudices and hypocrisy of the dominant classes of the time. The file With all the resources useful to the high school student to study the work:• a reading guide along the lines of the text• benchmarks and records on the work• a thematic corpus: "Portraits of women"• typical subjects for the writing and oral of the baccalaureateLanthology on the art of the new10 key texts to illustrate the two registers – realistic and fantastic – from the new to the 19th century