Bildungsroman

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See also: bildungsroman

English

Noun

Bildungsroman (plural Bildungsromans or Bildungsromane)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of bildungsroman

German

Etymology

From Bildung (formation) +‎ -s- +‎ Roman (novel), literally novel of education; coined by Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern c. 1820, writing Über das Wesen des Bildungsromans (“On the Nature of the Bildungsroman”).

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Noun

Bildungsroman m (strong, genitive Bildungsromans, plural Bildungsromane)

  1. A bildungsroman, a novel of personal maturation.
    • 2020 September 17, Fritz Göttler, “Das unverlangte Geschenk der Evolution”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung:
      Der Bildungsroman ist ein strikt paternalistisches Genre, in der Fürsorglichkeit, mit der er seinen Helden festzurrt in seinem Geschick, er markiert das Ende der Postmoderne, aber auch die Hoffnung auf einen Neubeginn.
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Descendants

  • English: bildungsroman

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