Conférence contes – "Cent Nouvelles nouvelles : Le plaisir de la gauloiserie est-il obsolète aujourd’hui" par Claude Mastre
Claude Mastre is a teacher. At the same time, he devotes himself to storytelling and has become a professional speaker. He attended Bruno de La Salle’s workshop and draws his inspiration from a wide variety of registers. According to Roger Dubuis, professor emeritus of oral literature, this collection is in no way an obscene book that flouts moral laws. Our ancestors were not burdened by pretense. Their optimistic good health allowed them to call things by their name. From the moment the theme of sexuality is addressed, it is considered taboo, yet our ancestors rejected silence and allusion. Their laughter is not quite our own; doesn't our astonishment at their coarseness go hand in hand with a certain hypocrisy? Contrasting their laughter with ours does not seem useless. This collection also contains serious, grave, and even dramatic stories.
