Bildungsroman
A Bildungsroman is a kind of novel. It is often called a "coming-of-age" story in English. The word comes from German. "Bildung" means "education", and "Roman", means "novel." [1] This genre is about the psychological and moral growth of the main character from youth to adulthood. [2] The ways the character changes are important.[3][4]
A novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is most famous example of the "Bildungsroman".
References
- ↑ "Bildungsroman: German literary genre". Encyclopædia Britannica. (22 April 2013).
- ↑ Lynch 1999.
- ↑ Bakhtin 1996, p. 21.
- ↑ Jeffers 2005, p. 2.
