GREAT EXPECTATIONS as a BILDUNGSROMAN novel


  • In form, Great Expectations fits a pattern, popular in the 19th century European Fiction -  

 The BILDUNGSROMAN
  • A Novel depicting depicting growth and personal development, generally a transition from boyhood to manhood such as that experienced by Pip.
  • Depicts a process of maturation and self discovery through experience as a protagonist moves from childhood to adulthood.
  • The genre was popularized by Goethe with his book Wilhelm Meister (1794 - 1796)
Some examples of this genre:
  • Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe
  • Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
  • Charles Dickens - David Copperfield

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