bildungsroman
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowing from German Bildungsroman, from Bildung, from bildunge, from bildunga, from bilidon (“to shape”), from bilodi (“form, shape”), + Roman (“novel”), from French, roman (“novel”). Hence "novel of education" or "novel of formation".
German term coined c. 1820 by Johann Carl Simon Morgenstern; titled an 1820 text Über das Wesen des Bildungsromans.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈbɪl.dʊŋz.roʊˈmaːn/
Noun [edit]
bildungsroman (plural bildungsromans or bildungsromane)
- A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
Translations [edit]
a type of novel
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