Explorons L'Etranger d'Albert Camus - by Barbara Boyer (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This instructor's companion guide to L'Etranger (The Stranger) provides an organized, step-by-step approach to making the classic French text readily accessible to students. Instructors can choose from a wide scope of activities at multiple levels of language and philosophical reflection to enhance their course content.

The book includes a chapter-by-chapter study of L'Etranger in its original French version, along with 220 vocabulary, grammar and comprehension activities that use a variety of strategies. Biographical and historical contexts are also included, as well as the outlines of Camus' philosophy in relation to the novel.

Answer keys to the language exercises as well as suggested answers to the comprehension and discussion-based activities are included in the instructor's volume subtitledEdition de l'enseignant but are not provided in its student's Edition de l'etudiant.

Review Quotes

- Wonderful! High school and college teachers who intend to teach Camus's L'Étranger must read this and they will no doubt adopt it.-Didier G. Bertrand, Associate Professor of French, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

"Dr. Boyer's knowledge of Camus' work is extremely impressive. Her guides, Explorons L'Étranger d'Albert Camus: Édition de l'enseignant and Explorons L'Étranger d'Albert Camus: Édition de l'étudiant, are two highly original and significant contributions to the study of Camus and especially to L'Etranger, read widely by high school and/or university students in French. They will help instructors and students approach Camus in a great number of ways. They weave together linguistic and literary exercises, emphasizing French language proficiency as well as reflective activities designed to promote analytical skills. They are also written in an elegant style that is easily readable by all students, including those who might only have basic reading skills in French."-Rose Marie Kuhn, Professor of French, California State University Fresno; Wonderful! High school and college teachers who intend to teach Camus's L'Étranger must read this and they will no doubt adopt it.-Didier G. Bertrand, Associate Professor of French, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

About the Author

Barbara Boyer is a native of France with 20 years of experience teaching all levels of French language in American universities. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. She taught French language at USC for many years, and was also a Professor of French and Francophone literature for over a decade at Gonzaga University, a Jesuit institution in Spokane, Washington.