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What good news this is, Florent! Thanks for telling us! Sherrill On 3/31/16 10:33 AM, Florent Dubois wrote: > > Dear 5 Bank Streeters, > > I’m very pleased to inform you that /My Ántonia/ will be on the > syllabus of the /agrégation d’anglais/ in France for the next two > years. (The /agrégation/ is a national competitive examination that is > held once a year and is designed to recruit high school teachers. In > the humanities it is often an implicit requirement if you want to get > funding for a PhD as its high selectivity is regarded as a good way to > assess the student’s level in a given subject. In English there are > usually about 2000 candidates for 200 positions.) > > French universities will probably hold a few symposia on /My Ántonia/ > next year to help the candidates (and their teachers) know the novel > better. > > http://cache.media.education.gouv.fr/file/agregation_externe/54/7/p2017_agreg_ext_lve_anglais_556547.pdf > > > Best regards to everyone, > > Florent Dubois > > PhD candidate > > Université Paris Diderot-Paris VII (Université Sorbonne Paris Cité) >