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bildungsroman

/ˈbɪldʊŋzrəʊmɑːn/noun

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विकास-उपन्यास (नायक के बड़े होने की कथा)

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nounbildungsromans or bildungsromane
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    [C] literature

    a novel about the life and development of a young person, from childhood to adulthood

    विकास-उपन्यास (नायक के बड़े होने की कथा)

    • 'David Copperfield' is a bildungsroman.
    • Many students read a bildungsroman to understand how a character grows in maturity.
    • The teacher asked us to write about the hero of the bildungsroman.
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    • A bildungsroman usually follows a character from childhood into adult life.
    • She wrote her thesis on the Indian bildungsroman.

    Synonyms coming-of-age novel novel of formation education novel

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

coming-of-age novel novel of formation education novel

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bil·dungs·ro·man

From German (Bildung, education or formation, and Roman, novel).

German से (Bildung, शिक्षा या निर्माण, और Roman, उपन्यास)।

§Grammar and usage

Keep the novel types together: bildungsroman (growing up), picaresque (the adventures of a likeable rogue), epistolary (written as letters), historical novel, novella (a short novel).

उपन्यास के प्रकार साथ याद रखिए: bildungsroman (बड़े होने की कथा), picaresque (प्यारे बदमाश के कारनामे), epistolary (पत्रों के रूप में), historical novel, novella (लघु उपन्यास)।

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General knowledge

Literature: famous bildungsromans include Charles Dickens's 'David Copperfield' and 'Great Expectations' and James Joyce's 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'.

साहित्य में प्रसिद्ध bildungsromans में Charles Dickens के 'David Copperfield' और 'Great Expectations' और James Joyce का 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' शामिल हैं।