bildungsroman
/ˈbɪl.dʊŋzˌɹoʊ.mən/
noun1
- A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
- Goethe's honorific assignment to the vanguard of a uniquely German novelistic tradition of the bildungsroman simultaneously places him outside the mainstream of the development of the novel. — 2020
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