Used book – Les Caractères, Books 5 to 11 (work for the 2025 Baccalaureate program, 1st year general & 1st year technical): followed by the courses "Social comedy" and "Painting men", La Bruyère, Alain Couprie

La Bruyère's collection, on the syllabus for 11th-grade general and technological streams, followed by associated literary paths. In an edition specifically designed to facilitate preparation for the new French Baccalauréat.

The collection In this book, which he spent his life writing, La Bruyère describes the customs of his century. Blending maxims, reflections, and portraits, he exposes the absurdities of his contemporaries and, through them, the imperfections of human nature.

A satirical masterpiece with a sharp style, illuminated by the moralist's gaze.

The paths • "Social Comedy" (11th-grade general) From Molière to Nathalie Sarraute, 10 texts that expose the pretenses of social life.

• "Portraying Men, Examining Human Nature" (11th-grade technological) A collection of texts by authors keen to depict their contemporaries and, through them, decipher human nature.

The dossier All the resources useful for high school students to study the work within the framework of the new curricula:

• a pre-text to contextualize the work • throughout the text, the "Keys for Linear Reading" section • after the text:

– summary sheets on the work and the paths – guided topics for the written and oral French Baccalauréat – recap method sheets Artistic and cultural extensions On the theme of social comedy: 5 visual works, reproduced in the flaps, and tools to analyze them.

And a pedagogical guide on www.editions-hatier.fr Free access, reserved for teachers, it includes all the answers: text-based questionnaires, Baccalauréat topics, and image analyses.