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Family saga - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Ancestors, Ancestry, Antonomasia, Ashram, Birth, Blood, Bloodline, Body, Branch, Breed, Brood, Caste, Children, Clan, Class, Classification |
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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.
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.
Successful writers of popular family sagas include Susan Howatch, R. F. Delderfield and Philippa Carr.
Examples of family sagas of literary note include:
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Example Usage of Family |
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muduhfoka13: GOD.... I seriously think tht my Family iz giving me anger issues......I jus wanna punch something |
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ElizabethOser: At home with my Family starting to decorate for the holidays! I'm really excited! |
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BlondHousewife: @jedicop Having money does that. I believe that being Tiger Woods means you get courtesies only extended to the Kennedy Family. |
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