WHAT IS BILDUNGSROMAN IN WRITING?
Have you read novels like To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, The Perks Of Being a Wallflower, Great Expectations and Paper Towns? There is something common in them apart from brillant writing. That is, a character who seeks spiritual transformation or walks on a journey to enlightenment.
This kind of a novel or story comes under a genre called BILDUNGSROMAN.
A bildungsroman novel is a novel depicting a character’s formative years of spiritual education.
A writing genre that focuses on a character seeking answers to deep life questions and experiencing transformation along the spiritual journey.
A coming-of-age novel or story that elaborates a character’s path to enlightenment.
Composed from the German words bildung (education) and Roman (novel)!
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