Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): Picture Stories
Articles

How the Bildungsroman Interacts with the Child

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  • Rebecca Zipper
Image from a Frans Masereel novel: A man stands at the top of a library ladder, excitedly peering into a large book.

Published 2024-04-09

Keywords

  • bildungsroman,
  • childhood,
  • woodcut novels,
  • graphic novels

How to Cite

Zipper, R. (2024). How the Bildungsroman Interacts with the Child. Wings of Fire: Proceedings, 1(1). Retrieved from https://proceedings.francescacoppa.bergbuilds.domains/index.php/WOFProceedings/article/view/18

Copyright (c) 2024 Rebecca Zipper

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Abstract

The literary form of the bildungsroman (stories that deal with one’s formative years and show a protagonist developing morally and psychologically) helps readers trace a thread through the evolution of graphic novels and allows us to examine how this structure frames childhood.

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