Bildungsroman | Themes
Coming of Age and Apprenticeship
Goethe’s Bildungsroman appropriately uses the word “apprenticeship” in its title because one distinguishing factor of the genre is the learning process that brings the protagonist from childhood into adulthood. As a coming-of-age novel, the Bildungsroman focuses on the main character’s apprenticeship. These experiences place the character near older practitioners whose roles as models the character either emulates or rejects.
Education
The Bildungsroman is a novel of formation or development. These terms imply...
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