家族小说是一个长期以来为研究者们所忽视却又十分耐人寻味的课题。我们显而易见地看到,有关家族的主题如同生命、死亡、爱情的主题一样在文学的长河中屡屡浮现,不断能够听到来自长河深处悠绵的声音以及不绝如缕的变奏。在中国,从《金瓶梅》、《红楼梦》,跨越《家》、《四世同堂》、《红旗谱》等一个个时代,一直到20世纪末的寻根文学,后现代小说、新历史主义小说,涉及家族题材的作品出现在两个多世纪中的几乎每一个文学阶段。在西方,二百年间由《莱克兰特城 Family novels are a subject that has long been overlooked by researchers but very intriguing. It is easy to see that the theme of the family emerges as the theme of life, death and love in the long river of literature, constantly hearing the inexhaustible voices and endless variations from the long river. In China, from the era of “Jin Ping Mei”, “A Dream of Red Mansions”, across “Home”, “Four Generations in One World” and “Red Flag” to the root-seeking literature, postmodern novel and new historicism novels of the late 20th century, Works involving family themes appear in almost every literary stage of more than two centuries. In the West, two hundred years from "Lakeland City