Bildungsroman
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In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman （German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn], plural Bildungsromane, German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːnə]）
is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood （coming of age）,
in which character change is important.
The term comes from the German words Bildung （"education"） and Roman （"novel"）.
The term was coined in 1819 by philologist Karl Morgenstern in his university lectures, and was later famously reprised by Wilhelm Dilthey, who legitimized it in 1870 and popularized it in 1905.
The genre is further characterized by a number of formal, topical, and thematic features.
The term coming-of-age novel is sometimes used interchangeably with Bildungsroman, but its use is usually wider and less technical.
The birth of the Bildungsroman is normally dated to the publication of Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1795–96, or, sometimes, to Christoph Martin Wieland's Geschichte des Agathon of 1767.
Although the Bildungsroman arose in Germany, it has had extensive influence first in Europe and later throughout the world.
Thomas Carlyle translated Goethe's novel into English, and after its publication in 1824, many British authors wrote novels inspired by it.
In the 20th century, it spread to France and several other countries around the globe.
The genre translates fairly directly into the cinematic form, the coming-of-age film.
A Bildungsroman is a growing up or "coming of age" of a generally naive person who goes in search of answers to life's questions with the expectation that these will result in gaining experience of the world.
The genre evolved from folklore tales of a dunce or youngest child going out in the world to seek his fortune.
Usually in the beginning ...