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Lesson 1 (from Section 1)

Objective

Section 1

In Exercises in Style, Raymond Queneau takes a basic story and rewrites it 99 times using different writing styles, points of view and techniques to reinterpret the story. The basic story is a starting point for the rest of the exercises. It is a simple story, which allows it to be altered so easily. The objective of this lesson is to learn about the basic story in Exercises in Style.

Lesson

1) Class discussion: What is the basic story in Exercises in Style? How did the author come up with the basic story? Why do the two main characters not have names? Why does the man's friend not have a name? Do you think it would be easy to rewrite this story 99 times? Why or why not?

2) Groups: Divide the students into groups of three or four. Have the students identify the major plot points of the...

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