• In literary criticism, a bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn], plural bildungsromane, German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːnə]) is...
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    coming-of-age novels and Bildungsroman are sometimes interchangeable, but the former is usually a wider genre. The Bildungsroman (from the German words...
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    Jane Eyre (category British bildungsromans)
    the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre is a bildungsroman that follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her...
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  • 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...
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  • The Queen's Gambit (novel) (category American bildungsromans)
    exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon. A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism, chess...
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    In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through unnatural means. The idea of shapeshifting...
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    Candide (category French bildungsromans)
    a story similar to that of a more serious coming-of-age narrative (bildungsroman), it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which...
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    David Copperfield (category British bildungsromans)
    from infancy to maturity. As such, it is typically categorized in the bildungsroman genre. It was published as a serial in 1849 and 1850 and then as a book...
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    choice because of destiny. Chosen One narratives often incorporate Bildungsroman, following the growth of a character from childhood to adulthood. The...
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    To Kill a Mockingbird (category American bildungsromans)
    fictional image of racial heroism." As a Southern Gothic novel and Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice...
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    picaresque of the 20th century", rather than a "race novel, or even a bildungsroman". Malcolm Bradbury and Richard Ruland recognize a black existentialist...
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  • (2020-09-13). "Hiperson — Bildungsroman | Album Review". Medium. Retrieved 2024-11-06. Bottenberg, Rupert. "Bildungsroman – PAN M 360". panm360.com....
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    Fanny Hill (category British bildungsromans)
    pleasure. One scholar, David McCracken, writes about Fanny Hill as a bildungsroman. Her sexual development contains three life stages: innocence, experimentation...
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  • States Language English Spanish Genre Western tragedy romance adventure bildungsroman Publisher Vintage Books Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Preceded...
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  • The Tombs of Atuan (category American bildungsromans)
    place at the Tombs. Like A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan is a bildungsroman that explores Tenar's growth and identity. Tenar's coming-of-age is...
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    Little Women (category American bildungsromans)
    May Alcott Language English Series Little Women Genre Coming of age Bildungsroman Publisher Roberts Brothers Publication date 1868 (1st volume) 1869 (2nd...
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    Demian (category German bildungsromans)
    Demian: The Story of a Boyhood is a bildungsroman by Hermann Hesse, first published in 1919; a prologue was added in 1960. Demian was first published...
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  • Pictures/Getty Images Language English, German Genre Novel-Historical Fiction, Bildungsroman Published 2005 Picador Publication place Australia Media type Print...
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  • A Wizard of Earthsea (category American bildungsromans)
    to be free of the creature. The book has often been described as a bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, as it explores Ged's process of learning to...
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    Northanger Abbey (category British bildungsromans)
    covers a wide array of topics such as high society, Gothic fiction, bildungsroman, the value of reading, and the importance of time. This novel is considered...
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    LegalNews. Retrieved November 25, 2012. "Interview: Cherry Cheva". Bildungsroman. June 11, 2008. Retrieved December 29, 2009. "Birthday Extravaganza:...
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    Great Expectations (category British bildungsromans)
    Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. The novel is a bildungsroman and depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens'...
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  • Author John Irving Cover artist Honi Werner Language English Genre Bildungsroman Publisher William Morrow Publication date March 1989 Publication place...
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  • English Series Mortal Engines Quartet Genre Young adult, steampunk, bildungsroman Publisher Scholastic Publication date 16 November 2001 Publication place...
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  • Audio read by Stig Wemyss Cover artist Darren Holt Language English Genre Bildungsroman, crime thriller, magical realism Publisher Fourth Estate (HarperCollins)...
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  • Donadio described the novel as "a large, captivating, amiably peopled bildungsroman," praising Ferrante's ability to create a "powerful, unsentimental portrait...
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  • English Series Inheritance Cycle Genre Young adult fiction Fantasy Bildungsroman Publisher Alfred A. Knopf Publication date August 23, 2005 Publication...
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  • the novels encompass several literary genres including: family saga, bildungsroman, picaresque, as well as satire and parody of Victorian (or English)...
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  • by Christian G. Appy. Fisher presents Dooley's life as a historical bildungsroman towards a "Jungle Doctor of a New Age," and he makes it clear that he...
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  • expanding its territory. Starship Troopers has been referred to as a bildungsroman or "coming-of-age" story for Rico, as he matures through his tenure...
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