Bildungsroman

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Bildungsroman Anonymous 03/17/16 (Thu) 21:57:51 No.9150

Wieland's History of Agathon is referenced by Goethe and predates his Wilhelm Meister by thirty years, yet the only English copy I've found is this fragment (Part 4):

https://archive.org/details/historyagathonb00wielgoog

Anyone familiar with the genre, preferably older representations?

Anonymous 03/19/16 (Sat) 13:25:20 No.9157

for what it's worth i consider the epic of gilgamesh to be sort of a bildungsroman.

Anonymous 03/19/16 (Sat) 18:19:26 No.9158

>>9157

Bildungsroman are slightly different from epics, less poetry, more prose, confined to the modern novel, but with remnants of the mythic structure. In English they are also called "novels of formation" or "coming-of-age stories". Sometimes Eastern European countries translate it as "initiation novels".

Anonymous 03/20/16 (Sun) 12:06:09 No.9160

>>9158

yes, i know.

what i meant to say that the aspect of personal growth and the gaining of awareness being so strong a theme in the epic of gilgamesh i sort of consider it a bildungsroman.

feel free to disagree.