This contribution, which is an analysis of a version of “Retour d'Alsace,” provides an occasion to recall that Giraudoux, neither a Germanophobe or Germanophile, not a pacifist but a peaceful man, shows a visionary lucidity about the next war, which will soak Europe in blood.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques