Bildungsroman

Example Sentences

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This is one of the more tender moments in a tough old-fashioned bildungsroman that meanders more than it moves, with its creator’s customary herks, jerks, digressions and Rabelaisian excesses.

From New York Times

Ravani and his new friends become a kind of family while evading an orphan catcher known only as the Hunter in a book that is equal parts adventure story and group bildungsroman.

From New York Times

In The Times, Jennifer Wilson describes the typical loan-crisis novel as “a stymied bildungsroman for a generation who have been robbed of the possibility of becoming, sold a story that would cost them everything.”

From New York Times

The result is a kaleidoscopic bildungsroman set against the backdrop of rural Oklahoma.

From New York Times

Her conclusion — “I hadn’t learned anything at all” — was a withering punchline for a book disguised as a bildungsroman.

From Washington Post