Family saga as a genre of world literature
Автор: Donskikh O.A., Rayhan Md.T.
Журнал: Вестник Новосибирского государственного университета. Серия: История, филология @historyphilology
Рубрика: Литературоведение
Статья в выпуске: 9 т.22, 2023 года.
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This article questions the reasons for the interest in the genre of saga, and discusses the peculiarities of its construction depending on the time and place of its origin, starting with the oral tradition. This genre is defined firstly by describing the life of no less than three families during a considerable span of history of a country, it also includes precise environmental details, such as dress and behavior, and exact dates of events against which the life of the heroes flows. Yet there are some differences in the choice of the narrator (whether it is the heroes themselves, or an objective observer of the events), the way of presenting time and space, ways of communication, etc. These differences are analyzed in the examples of four novels representing four literary traditions. The specifics of Russian literary tradition are also emphasized.
Saga, family saga, link with history, autobiography, buddenbrooks by thomas mann, roots by alex haley, durbin by shirshendu mukhopadhyay, the last bow by astafyev
Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/147242437
IDR: 147242437 | DOI: 10.25205/1818-7919-2023-22-9-109-119
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