bildungsroman
noun [ C ] (also Bildungsroman) uk/ˈbɪl.dʊŋz.rəʊˌmɑːn/ us/ˈbɪl.dʊŋz.roʊˌmɑːn/
成长小说; 教育小说
a story, especially in the form of a novel (= a long, printed story about imaginary events), that is about events and experiences in the life of the main character as they grow up and become an adult
Harry Potter can be seen as a seven-volume bildungsroman. 《哈利·波特》可以看作是一部七卷本的成长小说。
His autobiography begins as a kind of Bildungsroman, wherein he relates his progress through Hungary's Catholic schools. 他的自传始于某种成长故事的形式，讲述了他在匈牙利天主教学校的进步。
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- The book becomes something like a bildungsroman, describing its hero's development from petty criminal to artist and writer of genius.
- "Castle" is a Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age chronicle describing the rites of passage of a young boy.
- His movie "The Motorcycle Diaries", about the young Che Guevara, is a bildungsroman with a social conscience.
- In her self-examination and self-absorption, Beatrice is a classic heroine of a bildungsroman.
- This is an analysis of Stoker's Dracula as "bildungsroman", a form of novel which documents the trials and tribulations of a protagonist's journey from youth to adulthood.