Friday 5th August 2016
Bildungsroman
/ˈbɪldʊŋsromaːn/
Noun
1. a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
Quote
Great Expectations is the only bildungsroman of its day that one may call a
tragicomedy; it goes on long enough (and is written with sufficient retrospective)
for Pip to learn that life is one too.
Jerome Meckier, Dickens's Great Expectations: Misnar's Pavilion versus Cinderella 2002
Origin
Bildungsroman is of German origin. Its first element, Bildung, means"formation" and its
second element, Roman, means "novel."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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