« Tous les hommes naissent… » Jean Rouaud et la question des origines

This article studies the work of Jean Rouaud in terms of an ethics of filiation that exists in three forms: the democratic family, the Freudian family, and the Christian family. The proverbial beheadings of God and and father are the object of rehabilitation in the work of this author. And to the other figures must be added that of the author: that is, the irresistibly positive affirmation of literary creation.