The work. What does the name "Candide" mean: the innocence of those who do not know evil or the illusion of the naive who has not experienced the world? Voltaire plays in 1759, after the earthquake of Lisbon, in this double direction. He shares with us the fictitious ordeals of a simple young man, confronted with the lures of optimism, but who does not intend to despair and who comes to final wisdom, measured and mysterious. Candide has not finished inviting us to cheerful knowledge and reflection. The file: Before approaching the work; Identity card of the author; Chronological markers; Identity card of the work; The work in its century; Read Candide today. To deepen towards the BAC: Keys to reading; Genre, action, characters; The work: origins and extensions; The work: it's current, its tendencies; Towards the baccalaureate: written and oral; Reading tools; Bibliography and filmography.
