Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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What is a Bildungsroman?

33 comments:

  1. this is a novel that focuses on a young character (usually) and their thoughts and moral development

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  2. A bildungsroman is a main character in a novel that you see grow up or go from a child to adult.

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  3. Answers.com says a Bildungsroman is a novel whose main topic is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character.

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  4. Urban Dictionary states that a Bildungsroman is: A type of novel which follows the development of a protagonist from childhood (and immaturity) to adulthood and emotional/ mental maturity.
    (Protagonist - main character)
    Basically, it's just the journey of the kid (Jamal ?)) from a young, immature slumdog to a more mature millionaire.

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  5. Bildungsroman is a story following the timeline of a protagonist's life. In the film Jamal starts as an immature kid ditching school and playing cricketon private property. Later in the film he is trying to save his first love from a gang boss. This shows a great deal of maturity.

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  6. Bildungsroman - meaning to morally and socially shape the mind of a personality, usually focuses on the (Young).
    Ex: Jamal who loved to skip school, and just get in trouble, and later in the movie he shows his maturity saving the girl he loves multiple times and sticking with trying to set her free.

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  7. A Bildungsroman usually refers to a story or novel that starts from the authors early life and develops from their on...

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  8. Bildungsroman is the development of a protagonist from adolescence to maturity. This word refers to the story and how Salim and Jamal skip school and don't do anything and then later they are forced to make money and mature but Salim settles for the gang life because he feels like he belongs somewhere. Jamal just cant let go of Latika and keeps on pushing to get his lover.

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  9. My mac translator says a Bildungsroman is a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education. I have no clue what it means so i copied that basically.

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  10. Dictionary.com states that Bildungsroman is a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.

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  11. Its a novel that follows a young character through emotional development and from innocence to self-awareness

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  12. All that it is is a story that follows a protagonist from his or her child life to their adult life.

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  13. it is a character in a novel that goes from the persons child life to their adult life.

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  14. Bildungsroman states a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education.
    The word consists of 'education' and 'a novel'.

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  15. a bildungsroman is a novel that deals with a main characters life throughout the whole thing

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  16. A Bildungsroman is a novel that follows the life of a protagonist, or a main character from their young childhood straight through to their adulthood. It lets you see them grow and mature throughout their childhood and teenage years. It also lets you follow their emotional life and lets you see them go through the tough times and the good times in a characters life.

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  17. A Bildungsroman is a novel about the main characters life time experiences.

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  18. Bildungsroman is a novel that follows the main characters life through their personal experiences. The experiences could be good or bad, but it helps the reader to understand why the character is the way he or she is.

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  19. This term refers to a main character who refers to a main character who grows throughout the story from a child to an adult. Jamal is a good example of this.

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  20. A Bildungsroman is a novel which is based on real events or people that have occured over time. It is fiction book and tries to enlighten the reader

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  21. A bildungsroman is a book or novel that follows a main character throughout his or her life in their own perpective. Their life can consists of many bad or good moments and allows the reader to see where that person is going with his or her life.

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  22. A Bildungsroman is novel where in the novel the main character is followed through his life. from when he is a child to when he grows up into an adult.

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  23. Bildungsroman = a novel dealing with one person's formative years of spiritual education

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  24. A bildungsroman is a novel that focuses on the development, education and maturing of a young character.

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  25. A Bildungsroman is a novel that follow the main character and depicts his/her self development as an all round individual. Usually a younger person and may result in the character becoming a hero or a heroin.
    In slumdog Millionaire Jamal would be the character that the bildungsroman would follow.

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  26. A bildungsroama is the moral and psychological growth of the main character in a noval.

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  27. A Bildungsroman is a genre that shows a main charachter develop personality all-around and self development is very obvious and is portrayed the most. It is really keyed in on the pshyscological advancement of the character which by the end of the movie Jamal shows how his determination and mental toughness brought him happiness and he made something from almost nothing.

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  28. A Bildungsroman is a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of the protagonist according to dictionary.com. This is prevalent in Slumdog Millionaire because the movie id focussed on the childhood of Jamal, Salim, and Latika, and how they grow up and learn.

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  29. it is pretty much when a young person changes through out the story and becomes more mature. he grows up and learns a lesson. it is a way to classify things

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  30. That is a type of novel that depicts the developement and the path of growth of a regular character's intelegence and experience.

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  31. on answers.com, a Bildungsroman is a novel whose main topic is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character.

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  32. A bildungsroman is a story that follows a character from when they are young until they grow up.

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  33. Bildungsroman is a story that talks about development, education, and a protagonist's development as he/she grows up.
    Slumdog millionaire would be an example of bildungsroman. It talks about two young children -Jamal and Salim- growing up and becoming mature over time.

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