Articles related to "Bildungsroman"

Sylvia Plath takes the bildungsroman novel, which is typically a young man's journey to discover his place in society, and accommodates to the feminist position.

Edith Wharton's novel, The Age of Innocence, can be studied as a Bildungsroman novel because of psychological growth arc of Newland Archer.

Lord Jim is a revelation of human weakness, frailty, and ambiguity but also courage. As the plot unfolds, Jim atones for his weakness and ambiguity with acts of bravery.

Nobel-Prize winner Gordimer's first novel is a traditional bildungsroman with a decisive political flavor.

The best-selling Australian author of Jessica, Tandia, and The Potato Factory tells the story of a prodigy growing up on the eve of World War II.

Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman in which Bronte uses different settings to represent the different stages of Jane's life: the first of these is Gateshead.

Best-selling Australian writer Bryce Courtenay (author of Jessica, Tandia, and The Potato Factory) tells the story of Peekay, a boy growing up in apartheid South Africa.

The struggles of the Asian American adolescents in this book are both universal and specific.

The first in a series of articles discussing aspects of Charlotte Bronte's most famous novel.

The worlds created by Philip Pullman owe a great debt of inspiration to the works of William Blake; specifically, his alliance to The Gnostic Myth.

Pixar's Up has taken a less than commercial premise and created a box office success. This article examines how.

Dickensian England acted as a prison for some children but as a playground for the creative writing of a socially conscious author.