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Using selected excerpts from “Honorine” and the violet fragrance created by Maison Givaudan, participants will be given rewriting prompts. They will develop their imagination and creativity to write pieces that will be read aloud at the end of the session and discussed with the group—camaraderie guaranteed.
The series consists of four sessions. Participants may attend the entire writing workshop series or join a single workshop. Through rewriting, the aim is to continue in the spirit of Balzac: closely observing human passions and social mechanisms. Drawing inspiration from excerpts from Honorine, you will be invited to imagine letters, dialogues, a character’s thoughts, testimonies, and narratives that enrich and/or shift the work’s meaning and perspectives. Finally, the debate around the question “who, the woman or the man, was to blame for the woman’s wrongdoing?” will be reenacted using excerpts from Honorine supplemented by these fictional testimonies, as a genuine collective dramatization of the inquiry. This reinterpretation will bring different perspectives into dialogue and allow conflicting interpretations to emerge. By comparing Balzac’s time with our contemporary perspective, the workshop creates a space for discussion where the text comes alive, reinterpreted through the lens of today’s sensibilities. The writing period is followed by participants reading their work aloud and discussing it. Lastly, if you wish, each participant will be offered a collective volume bringing together Balzac’s excerpts and all the texts produced throughout the workshop series, as a record of this shared literary adventure. Sunday, September 13 Session 1: Honorine’s portrait from a different point of view, based on texts by Balzac and the violet fragrance created by Givaudan Sunday, October 11 Session 2: Honorine’s departure, Honorine and the flowers Sunday, November 8 Session 3: Octave’s love for Honorine Sunday, November 22 Session 4: debate based on the question “who, the woman or the man, was to blame for the woman’s wrongdoing?”
Price: From 8 to 10 euros.
Source: paris.fr — photo: Huard, Charles (Poncey-sur-l'Ignon, 02–06–1874 - Poncey-sur-l'Ignon, 30–03–1965), illustrator