- In
literary criticism, a
bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn]) is a
literary genre that
focuses on the
psychological and
moral growth...
- coming-of-age
novels and
Bildungsroman are
sometimes interchangeable, but the
former is
usually a
wider genre. The
Bildungsroman (from the
German words...
-
philosophischer Romane (1817) Über das
Wesen des
Bildungsromans (1820) Zur
Geschichte des
Bildungsromans (1824) In
William Goldman's
novel The Princess...
-
exploring the life of
fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon. A
bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it
covers themes of adoption, feminism, chess...
- sub-category of
Bildungsroman: a coming-of-age novel.
According to
Encyclopaedia Britannica, one way a Künstlerroman may
differ from a
Bildungsroman is its ending...
- semi-autobiographical
first novel by the
Turkish American writer Elif Batuman. It is a
bildungsroman, and
concerns a
college freshman, Selin,
attending Harvard University...
-
January and
December 1875 as a
serial in The
Atlantic Monthly, it is a
bildungsroman that
traces the
development of the
title character, a sculptor. Rowland...
-
sophomore effort,
Fitzgerald discarded the
trappings of
collegiate bildungsromans and
crafted an "ironical-pessimistic" [sic]
novel in the
style of Thomas...
- The
Longest Journey is a
bildungsroman by E. M. Forster,
first published in 1907. It is the
second of Forster's six
published novels,
following Where...
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Nineteen seventies--Fiction. Illinois--Fiction.
Confessional fiction.
Bildungsromans. Novellas.
Genre Literary fiction,
Satire Set in 1970's
Illinois Publisher...
