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- DictionaryBildungsroman/ˈbɪldʊŋzrəʊˌmɑːn/
noun
- 1. a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education: "the book is a"
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Literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood
In literary criticism, a bildungsroman is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood, in which character change is important. The term comes from the German words Bildung ('education', alternatively 'forming') and Roman ('novel'). Wikipedia