大たい河が小しょう説せつ

noun

roman-fleuve; long novel; epic novel

A literary term for a long, multi-volume novel that follows the lives of several characters or families across generations, often set against a historical backdrop. The French term 'roman-fleuve' is commonly used in English literary criticism.

• 彼かれの代だい表ひょう作さくは、戦せん後ごを舞ぶ台たいにした大たい河が小しょう説せつだ。

  His masterpiece is a roman-fleuve set in the postwar period.

• この大たい河が小しょう説せつは三さん部ぶ作さくで、一いち族ぞくの百ひゃく年ねんの歴れき史しを描えがいている。

  This epic novel is a trilogy that depicts a hundred years of a family's history.