Dire l’enfance aujourd’hui : Berceau d’Éric Laurrent
Telling of Childhood Today: Berceau by Éric Laurrent

Summary/Abstract: More associated with ludic fiction and known for his mannerist style, Éric Laurrent enters, with Berceau, the realm of intimate literature whilst transcending the usual assumptions of the genre. This autobiographical text in the form of a diary presents the experience of adoption from the father’s perspective, which is rare in literature. He focuses especially on the question of childhood in order to show the way in which it contributes to the generation of emotional ties, and gives two contrasting images of this period in life: everyday childhood – ordinary, but happy – and the childhood of abandoned children, desperately lonely and without any prospects for the future. This article seeks to analyse the thematic and stylistic multidimensionality of Laurrent’s text, whose main aim is not so much to document personal experiences as to draw attention to the fate of orphans by showing the crucial role of the family in the lives of both children and adults.

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