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- noun Alternative capitalization of
bildungsroman
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Examples
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* Bildungsroman is a German word meaning 'novel of formation' - that is a novel that follows someone's growth from childhood to maturity.
The Namesake: Summary and book reviews of The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. 2003
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Bildungsroman is a German word meaning "novel of development."
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* Bildungsroman is a novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character, from the German word bildung (formation) and the French word for a novel, roman.
Eragon: Summary and book reviews of Eragon by Christopher Paolini. 2003
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If "The Novice" were fiction, it would be called a Bildungsroman -- a novel of education.
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I said "Bildungsroman" - in some essential sense "Dreams from My Father" was fictionalized.
NYT > Home Page By ROGER COHEN 2011
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I said "Bildungsroman" - in some essential sense "Dreams from My Father" was fictionalized.
NYT > Home Page By ROGER COHEN 2011
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I always think of these two in sort of the same genre - what in literature is called Bildungsroman (hooray! finally a use for that Lit minor!).
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I always think of these two in sort of the same genre - what in literature is called Bildungsroman (hooray! finally a use for that Lit minor!).
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I always think of these two in sort of the same genre - what in literature is called Bildungsroman (hooray! finally a use for that Lit minor!).
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I always think of these two in sort of the same genre - what in literature is called Bildungsroman (hooray! finally a use for that Lit minor!).
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