In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation:[ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn], plural Bildungsromane, German pronunciation:[ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːnə]) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood (coming of age),[1] in which character change is important.[2][3][4][a] The term comes from the German words Bildung ("education", alternatively "forming") and Roman ("novel").
^Lynch 1999.
^Bakhtin 1996, p. 21.
^Jeffers 2005, p. 2.
^"Bildungsroman: German literary genre". Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020.
^Engel 2008, pp. 263–266.
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In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn], plural Bildungsromane, German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːnə]) is...
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