Bildungsroman

literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age)

In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn], plural Bildungsromane, German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːnə]) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age), in which character change is important. The term comes from the German words Bildung ("education") and Roman ("novel") and can thus be translated into English as "a novel of formation, education, culture; coming-of-age story".
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