Écriture de soi et de l'autre: Récits de filiation et contestation chez Herzog et Picasso

This paper examines two "récits de filiation", Un héros by Félicité Herzog, the daughter of the famous mountaineer Maurice Herzog, and Grand-père by Marina Picasso, the daughter of the renowned artist Pablo Picasso. These authors dispute the public image of these celebrities by demonstrating that it does not correspond to the egotist and cruel person that they knew during their childhood. Although the authors seem to reject their filiation with these individuals, we show their willingness to accept the filiation with a father as a great mountaineer and a grandfather as a unique painter, but not with the man corrupted by celebrity. These accusations, which modify the public images of these famous individuals, also correspond to the authors' desire to share with the public their profound pain. By expressing their suffering, the authors free themselves from resentment towards these famous figures, recognizing the context in which they lived and forgiving them. Maurice Herzog and Pablo Picasso were victims of their unconditional admirers, who idolized them as a hero or a genius, a role that these two figures continued to play with their relatives.