Bildungsroman: A novel tracing a character's moral, psychological, or intellectual development from youth to maturity.
How to apply it: Analyze how the protagonist's growth embodies the work's argument about what it means to mature or find identity.
Course: AP English Literature · Unit: Longer Fiction or Drama I
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