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Carrés Classiques Collège: When the ordinary becomes strange...

An anthology of cursed objects in fantastic short stories.

The Hand by Guy de Maupassant, The Black Tress by Erckmann-Chatrian, The Mummy's Foot by Théophile Gautier, The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe. But why on earth are these objects imbued with strange powers? What is their story? And how can one tell it without being taken for a madman?

Educational objectives:

- Discovering the fantastic genre.

- Studying narration in the short story.

- Analyzing the characteristics of short narratives.

Program theme related to the title:

4th Grade – Fiction for questioning reality In addition: The Green Monster by Gérard de Nerval