Wednesday, May 09, 2018

TODAY'S WORD

BILDUNGSROMAN, n.

A novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character. 


Examples of bildungsroman in literature:  

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man- James Joyce

A History of Tom Jones, A Foundling- Henry Fielding

David Copperfield- Charles Dickens

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