Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Featuring authentic coverage of the Francophone world, Diversité contains fifteen unabridged short stories about female protagonist written by both male and female authors from twelve French-speaking countries. An extensive pedagogical apparatus aids students' comprehension. Cultural, geographical, and historical information heightens students' awareness of each of the countries represented.

New to the second edition:
Three reading selections are new to this edition
A chapter-opening activity encourages students to reflect on the chapter theme in relationship to their own experience
A pre-reading vocabulary activity and reading strategies for each selection help students understand the text and appreciate its content
Updated author profiles, written in English, help students place the stories within a literary and cultural context
Revised end-of-chapter activities ask students to relate the stories to the chapter theme
The glossary at the end of the text now includes translations" (4ème de couverture)

TABLE DES MATIÈRES :

Foreword/avant-propos

To the instructor

To the Student

Acknowledgments

I. LA SOUFFRANCE ET L'ÉLOQUENCE
1. "Une lettre" / Danièle Sallenave
2. "Bonjour, Maman ! Bonne fête, Maman ! " / Marie-Thérèse Colimon-Hall
3. "L'ombre est absent" / Pham duy Khiêm

II. L'AVENTURE ET L'AMOUR
4. "Pour empêcher un mariage" / Gabrielle Roy
5. "Le temps ne passe pas" / J.-M G. Le Clézio
6. "La Montagne de Feu" / Suzanne Dracius

III. LA CULTURE ET LA DIFFÉRENCE
7. "Le cauchemar" / Abdelhak Serhane
8. "Pur polyester" / Lori Saint-Martin
9. "La Noire de..." / Ousmane Sembène

IV. LE COUPLE ET LA CRISE
10. "La fièvre" / J.-B Tati Loutard
11. " La femme adultère" / Albert Camus
12. "le mur ou les charmes d'une vie conjugale" / Myriam Warner-Vieyra

V. LA RÉVOLTE ET L'ESPOIR
13. "Amertume" / Kama Kamanda
14. "Les triangles de Chloé" / Gaëtan Brulotte
15. "Il n'y a pas d'exil" / Assia Djebar

Appendice : Le passé simple

Lexique/Glossary

Index