LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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A member of the royalty
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A lowborn, wandering adventurer
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A member of the middle class engaging in self-exploration
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A child as he or she develops into an adult
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Detailed explanation-1: -picaresque novel, early form of novel, usually a first-person narrative, relating the adventures of a rogue or lowborn adventurer (Spanish pícaro) as he drifts from place to place and from one social milieu to another in his effort to survive.
Detailed explanation-2: -One example of a historical picaresque novel is the Spanish story of Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes. A well-known modern picaresque novel is Kurt Vonnegut’s World War II autobiographical story, Slaughterhouse-Five.
Detailed explanation-3: -picaresque -uh-RESK adjective. : of or relating to rogues or rascals; also : of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist.
Detailed explanation-4: -A picaresque novel is a genre of prose fiction that depicts a roughish hero who experiences episodic adventures. This picaresque hero has rough qualities and is usually from a low social class. Despite this, the hero is also appealing. Traditionally male, he has to navigate society with his wits.