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bildungsroman (noun):
literature : a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Bildungsroman is the combination of two German nouns: Bildung, meaning “education,” and Roman, meaning “novel.” (Nouns in German are always capitalized.) Fittingly, a bildungsroman is a novel that deals with the formative years of the main character, and in particular, with the character’s psychological development and moral education. The bildungsroman usually ends on a positive note, with the protagonist’s foolish mistakes and painful disappointments over, and a life of usefulness ahead. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s late 18th-century work Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship is often cited as the classic example of a bildungsroman. Though the term is primarily applied to novels, in recent years some English speakers have begun to apply it to films that deal with a youthful character’s coming-of-age.
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