The genre originality in the novel «Die rauberbande» by Leonhard Frank

The article is devoted to Leonhard Frank's experiments with the genre form in the novel «Die Rauberbande» (1914). The structure of the Frank's novel includes elements of the social novel and Kunstler-roman as a modification of Entwicklungsroman. This complex genre form is used by the author to narrate the existential antagonisms of a creative person - an artist. An additional complication of the structure is achieved through the introduction of the elements of the novel of childhood and the adventure novel. It is stressed that despite the synthesis of a number of genre elements, the novel of L. Frank appears to be a perfect artistic unity.