Künstlerroman

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A Künstlerroman (German pronunciation: [ˈkʏnstlɐ.ʁoˌmaːn]; plural -ane), meaning "artist's novel" in English, is a narrative about an artist's growth to maturity. It could be classified as a sub-category of Bildungsroman: a coming-of-age novel. At its most basic, the Künstlerroman can be said to offer an account of "the protagonist's development into an artist," charting the course of an artist's early awakening to them fully realizing their potential. The Künstlerroman focuses on the artistic person specifically, meaning its protagonists must not only achieve the individual and social growth demanded of regular Bildung plots, but also arrive at a complete understanding of themselves as artists. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, one way a Künstlerroman may differ from a Bildungsroman is its ending, where a Künstlerroman hero rejects the everyday life, but a Bildungsroman hero settles for being an ordinary citizen. According to Oxford Reference, the difference may lie in a longer view...

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