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14:17 Jan 13, 2010
English to Swedish translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature Additional field(s): Cinema, Film, TV, Drama, Linguistics
English term or phrase:coming-of-age story
Definition from VirtualSalt - Robert Harris: A type of novel where the protagonist is initiated into adulthood through knowledge, experience, or both, often by a process of disillusionment. Understanding comes after the dropping of preconceptions, a destruction of a false sense of security, or in some way the loss of innocence. Some of the shifts that take place are these:
* ignorance to knowledge
* innocence to experience
* false view of world to correct view
* idealism to realism
* immature responses to mature responses
Examples:
* Jane Austen Northanger Abbey
* Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
* Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage
Example sentence(s):
Everything about Scherfig’s coming-of-age story about a girl in the London suburb of Twickenham in 1961 is spot-on. Austin Chronicle Corp.
But this comedy about a Texas high schooler (Ellen Page) who reinvents herself as “Babe Ruthless” and becomes the star of an Austin league is a surprisingly credible coming-of-age story. Creative Loafing Media
Ostensibly a coming-of-age story, this languorous, beautifully shot feature debut from Minh Nguyen-Vo, a writer and director, centers on a teenager whose journey from innocence to knowledge is also a twinned meditation on both the natural and very unnatural state of things. The New York Times Company
Definition: En utvecklingsroman är en roman som fokuserar på en huvudkaraktärs utveckling från t.ex. ungdom/barn till vuxen, som till exempel Birgitta Stenbergs självbiografiska roman Kärlek i Europa.
Definition from Se t.ex. Wikipedia: En utvecklingsroman är en roman som fokuserar på en huvudkaraktärs utveckling från t.ex. ungdom/barn till vuxen, som till exempel Birgitta Stenbergs självbiografiska roman Kärlek i Europa.
Example sentence(s):
Mest liknar den en utvecklingsroman i tre akter, diktad med Enquists sedvanliga berättartekniska briljans och sinne för dramatik. - Svenska Dagbladet
För ”Näckrosträdet” är inte, som det kan förefalla, en roman om en märklig kärlek, utan en märklig utvecklingsroman. - Sveriges Radio - Kulturnytt
Samtidigt är det ändå en utvecklingsroman, i det att bokens jag Elin Ruuth – hon är metalitterär också – utvecklas genom anteckningarna, genom alla undringar – för det är oerhört mycket hon undrar över – och påståenden. - Göteborgs-Posten
Gabriella Jönsson Sweden Local time: 12:59 Native speaker of: Swedish PRO pts in category: 12
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