Đặc trưng thể loại tiểu thuyết gia đình qua Gia đình Buddenbrook của Thomas Mann

Abstract

This article is based on the theory of family fiction combined with biographical criticism to explore Thomas Mann's work “Buddenbrooks Family” from a genre perspective. The “Buddenbrook Family” is Thomas Mann's debut novel and is considered as a model in the novel genre of family. Five generations of the Buddenbrook family endured numerous ups and downs from growth to loss. Intergenerational conflict, economic and mental deterionration of members in the family illustrated the importance of obligations and reponsibilities that each person must have for economic growth, improving the social standing of the whole family. Commitments and responsibilities of the clan compel them to give up their passion and personal pleasure in order to preserve and grow the family's future. Adopting the Buddenbrooks from the perspective of family novels, readers will have opportunity to learn more deeply about bourgeois multi-generational families in the nineteenth century in European society.