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Oradour
Contributor: Francoise Deniaud
Language of text: French
Type of text: Poem
Author or source: Jean Tardieu
Intended age of students: Key Stage 3/4
Source reference: Text :
http://www.bacfrancais.com/bac_francais/397-jean-tardieu-oradour.php
Extract :
Oradour n'a plus de femmes
Oradour n'a plus un homme
Oradour n'a plus de feuilles
Oradour n’a plus de pierres
Oradour n’a plus d’églises
Oradour n’a plus d’enfants
Reading :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzHcF1FCdz4
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Approaches:
The subtitle is: 10 juin 1944
Students can be led to place this in the context of WW2 and compare with a historical narrative / description :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour_(po%C3%A8me)
Rationale:
The structure of this Second World War poem is seemingly simple but tells a dramatic story.
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