Fixing to die: Kazuo Ishiguro’s reinvention of the Bildungsroman
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DOI: 10.1080/0950236x.2020.1834703
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Bildungsroman could be described as a ‘future-facing' genre, in that its protagonist is exposed to the vicissitudes of life, gains experience, and comes of age; he or she, in other words, learns how… read more here.
Keywords: fixing die; bildungsroman; die kazuo; life ... See more keywords
Battle for the Bildungsroman: ‘protagonicity’ and national allegory
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DOI: 10.1080/0950236x.2020.1834704
Abstract: ABSTRACT The scope of the Bildungsroman is infamously variable. Given a wide enough definition, the genre can conceivably become coterminous with the novel itself; given a narrow enough definition it threatens to disappear entirely. This… read more here.
Keywords: protagonicity national; national allegory; bildungsroman; bildungsroman protagonicity ... See more keywords
Falling Short: The Bildungsroman and the Crisis of Self-Fashioning by Aleksandar Stević (review)
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DOI: 10.1353/sdn.2021.0016
Abstract: Modernity faced a critical reckoning not seen in generations;no warfare or terrorism, nor climate change effect, has yet had as sustained or unique an impact on members of the public as COVID-19’s devastation. The opening… read more here.
Keywords: short bildungsroman; bildungsroman crisis; falling short; bildungsroman ... See more keywords