ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a kunstleroman?
A
a novel that traces women’s intellectual developments
B
an artist’s novel of awakening
C
an artist’s journey in which he always abandons his art
D
a novel in which the hero solves a crime
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Künstlerroman, (German: “artist’s novel”), class of Bildungsroman, or apprenticeship novel, that deals with the youth and development of an individual who becomes-or is on the threshold of becoming-a painter, musician, or poet. The classic example is James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916).

Detailed explanation-2: -Künstlerroman (plural Künstlerromane or Künstlerromans) (literature) A novel whose central character is an artist of any kind, and which shows his or her development from childhood to maturity.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -bildungsroman, class of novel that depicts and explores the manner in which the protagonist develops morally and psychologically. The German word Bildungsroman means “novel of education” or “novel of formation.”

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