Reviews eight literary anthologies, discusses the use of "son" and "en" in French possessive structures, reviews a new novel by a modern writer, discusses the appearance of the word "alcootest" in French, and presents an essay on Jacques Brel and an essay on the playwright Arrabel. (AM)

Four articles provide ideas for specific classroom activities using songs, including discussion based on two popular hitchhiking songs, appreciation of the elements and structure of a song representative of the new "French song," making collages representing songs, and analysis of the treatment of age in Yves Duteil's songs. (MSE)

A cultural perspective is applied to modern popular songs that encourages listeners to use a critical ear and consider not only the songs themselves, but also how they fit into the broadcast industry's schema. Different song types and industry patterns of song exploitation are considered. (MSE)