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A bildungsroman ( ; German: ) is a coming-of-age kind of novel. It arose during the German Enlightenment, and in it, the author presents the psychological, moral and social shaping of the...
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Drabble: Bildungsroman, the term applied to novels of "education" (in the widest sense), of which many of the best examples are German. ... Tennyson, G. B. "The Bildungsroman in Nineteenth-Century English Literature." Medieval Epic to the "Epic Theater" of Brecht: Essays in Comparative Literature. Ed. Rosario P.
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The German word Bildungsroman means "a novel of formation": that is, a novel of someone's growth from childhood to maturity. ... A kind of subset of the Bildungsroman is the Kunstlerroman, the story of an artist's growth to maturity. Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a famous example.
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The Bildungsroman in Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism and Essays ... The following entry presents criticism on the Bildungsroman, a literary genre that focuses on the personal development and maturation of a main character. For further information on the Bildungsroman in nineteenth-century literature, see NCLC,
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The literary term "bildungsroman" is not as complicated or mysterious as it sounds. In fact, most writers at some point attempt to write this kind of novel. ... Definition: A bildungsroman is a novel that traces the development of a character from childhood to adulthood, through a quest for identity that leads him or her...
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