| The Family Novel: Toward a Generic Definition Contributor(s): Ru, Yi-Ling (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820415677 ISBN-13: 9780820415673 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Dewey: 809.393 |
| LCCN: 91027580 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 221 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a comparative study of the family novel as a distinctive literary genre. It concentrates on three prototypical family novels, the Chinese trilogy, "The Turbulent Trilogy" (1906-1940) by Pa Chin; the British trilogy, "The Forsyte Saga" (1906-1921) by John Galsworthy; and the French novel, "Les Thibault" (1922-1940) by Roger Martin du Gard. The book argues for the establishment of a new generic category, the Family Novel as a sub-genre of the novel. It describes the four distinctive characteristics; its realism and use of chronology; its sense of ritual and community; the centrality of family conflict; and its unique form. |
