%0 Journal Article %T Filiation narratives. Birth, reasons and evolution of a literary form %A Viart, Dominique %J Cahiers ERTA %V 2019 %R 10.4467/23538953CE.19.018.11065 %N Numéro 19 %P 9-40 %K Filiation narratives, literary forms, contemporary, French literature, poetics of genres %@ 2300-4681 %D 2019 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/lauteur-face-au-spectacle-vers-une-filiation-non-narrative %X This paper presents the literary form of "filiation narratives", establishes their generic definition by comparing this form with neighbouring literary genres, describes the main characteristics of their poetics, situates them in literary history and considers their evolution over the past four decades.