Family saga

The family saga is a genre of literature which chronicles the lives and doings of a family or a number of related or interconnected families over a period of time. In novels (or sometimes sequences of novels) with a serious intent, this is often a thematic device used to portray particularly historical events, changes of social circumstances, or the ebb and flow of fortunes from a multiplicity of perspectives.

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The typical family saga follows generations of a family through a period of history in a series of novels. A number of sub-genres of the form exist such as the AGA saga.

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Successful writers of popular family sagas include Susan Howatch, R. F. Delderfield and Philippa Carr.

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Examples of family sagas of literary note include:

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• Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
• Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann
• The Forsyte Saga - John Galsworthy
• Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
• The House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende
• Jalna books of Mazo de la Roche
• The Kent Family Chronicles and The Crown Family Saga - John Jakes
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
• Roots - Alex Haley
• The Thorn Birds - Coleen McCullough
• Holes, a novel by Louis Sachar

In cinema:

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• The Best of Youth, La Meglio giovent?
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Literature: :For other uses of Literature, see Literature (disambiguation)....

Susan Howatch: Susan Howatch (born 1940) is an author. She is mainly known for writing Family saga-type novels which follow related characters over large amounts of time....

R. F. Delderfield: Ronald Frederick Delderfield (February 12, 1912 - June 24, 1972) was a popular English novelist and dramatist, many of whose works have been adapted for television and are still widely read....




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