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Family Saga as a Genre of World Literature. / Donskikh, Oleg A.; Tapu, Rayhan Md.
In: Vestnik Novosibirskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Seriya: Istoriya, Filologiya, Vol. 22, No. 9, 10, 2023, p. 109-119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Family Saga as a Genre of World Literature
AU - Donskikh, Oleg A.
AU - Tapu, Rayhan Md
N1 - Донских О.А., Райхан М. Семейная сага как жанр мировой литературы (на англ. яз.) // Вестник Новосибирского государственного университета. Серия: История, филология. - 2023. - Т. 22. - № 9. - С. 109-119.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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KW - autobiography
KW - by Alex Haley
KW - family saga
KW - link with history
KW - saga
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U2 - 10.25205/1818-7919-2023-22-9-109-119
DO - 10.25205/1818-7919-2023-22-9-109-119
M3 - Article
VL - 22
SP - 109
EP - 119
JO - Вестник Новосибирского государственного университета. Серия: История, филология
JF - Вестник Новосибирского государственного университета. Серия: История, филология
SN - 1818-7919
IS - 9
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