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Focus Student editions: French | |||
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Camara Laye: L'enfant noir 2005 • 1-58510-153-2 • paper • 232 pages • 5½ x 8½ • $14.95
Molière: L’École des femmes 2006 • 1-58510-154-0 • paper • 164 pages • 5½ x 8½ • $14.95
Guy de Maupassant: Pierre et Jean 2007 • 978-1-58510-183-2 • paper • 258 pages • 5½ x 8½ • $14.95
Voltaire: Candide ou l'Optimisme 2008 • 978-1-58510-247-1 • paper • 232 pages • 5½ x 8½ • $14.95
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The Focus Student Editions are appropriate as introductory texts for French language courses in literature and culture. These editions, prepared with non-native French speakers in mind, include an introduction (in French) to the author and the work, the complete novel with both linguistic and cultural notes (French-French), a current bibliography and questions in the AP* format to facilitate study.
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The following links are downloadable PDF files which can be read using the free Adobe Acrobat reader. To get the reader, go to www.adobe.com
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Myrna Bell Rochester has degrees from the University of Chicago (Romance Languages) and the University of California, Los Angeles, where she received her Ph.D. in French. She studied at the Université de Genève during a four-year stay. Dr. Rochester has taught at UCLA and at Stanford University. Co-author of college textbooks and educational materials, she also lectures and publishes on topics in modern literature. Natalie Schorr teaches at Phillips Academy, Andover, where she has served as chair of the language division. She received a diplôme d’études supérieures, mention bien, from L’Université d’Aix-Marseille and served as lectrice at L’Ecole Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses. Her most recent book is Tune Up Your French: The Top Ten Ways to Improve Your Spoken French. Eileen M. Angelini received her B.A. in French from Middlebury College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in French Studies from Brown University. She is on the faculty at Canisius College. Dr. Angelini has won research grants from the U.S., French, and Canadian governments. She is a frequent presenter at national and regional conferences and the author of publications on literary analysis, and on pedagogy, focusing on the professions and cross-cultural communication. Dr. Angelini is a Table Leader for the AP French Language Examination and a College Board Consultant. | |||
Each book contains the same basic sections. Changes are noted below. Introduction Laye: L'enfant noir contains: Molière: L'École des femmes contains: Guy de Maupassant: Pierre et Jean contains: Voltaire: Candide ou l'Optimisme contains: Activités | "By far the easiest and most helpful edition for American students to |follow." "Students enjoyed reading the background information and didn't find |the questions a chore. Although I've used other editions of Maupassant's Pierre et Jean and Moliere's L'Ecole des femmes in the past, I now have all my |students use this edition only." Deanna Scheffer at Episcopal High School, Jacksonville, FL | ||
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