This article shows how the genre Bildungsroman (self-development novel) has been assimilated to the Brazilian literary tradition. Through the examples of Cristina Ferreira Pinto's "O 'Bildungsroman' feminino" ("The female novel of development") and...
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This article shows how the genre Bildungsroman (self-development novel) has been assimilated to the Brazilian literary tradition. Through the examples of Cristina Ferreira Pinto's "O 'Bildungsroman' feminino" ("The female novel of development") and Eduardo de Assis Duarte's "Jorge Amado e o 'Bildungsroman' proletário" ("Jorge Amado and the proletarian novel of development"), this article focuses the dynamic process by means of which a typical European genre has been assimilated by a young South-American literary tradition. Der vorliegende Artikel zeigt, wie die Gattung Bildungsroman von der literarischen Tradition Brasiliens assimiliert wird. Anhand des Buches "O 'Bildungsroman' feminino" von Cristina Ferreira Pinto und des Aufsatzes "Jorge Amado e o 'Bildungsroman' proletário" von Eduardo de Assis Duarte wird der Prozeß nachvollzogen, durch den ein typisch europäisches Textgenre durch eine junge südamerikanische Literaturtradition aufgenommen wird.
