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coming-of-age story

Norwegian translation: Dannelsesroman

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14:18 Jan 13, 2010
English to Norwegian 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
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Norwegian translation:Dannelsesroman
Definition:
En dannelsesroman er en romantradisjon der man beskriver hovedpersonens livsløp, prøvelser og modning fram til «dannelse»
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5 +2Dannelsesroman
Hakon Vinje
4dannelseshistorie
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dannelseshistorie


Definition from Wikipedia:
En dannelseshistorie er en historie som beskriver hovedpersonens livsløp, prøvelser og modning fram til "dannelse".

Som f.eks. i en dannelsesroman.

En dannelsesroman er en romantradisjon der man beskriver hovedpersonens livsløp, prøvelser og modning fram til «dannelse».

Example sentence(s):
  • Ved å lese «Haugtussa», ikke som en kjærlighetshistorie, men som en dannelseshistorie, der hovedkonflikten like mye er av eksistensiell som av moralsk art, d.v.s. der konflikten mellom livsglede og dødsangst er den mest sentrale konflikt, får Bø heksesabbatkapitlet til å falle på plass. - Dagbladet/kultur  
  • Slik klarer faktisk Christensen å speile individets utvikling i to bøker som må bli stående som en av de beste dannelseshistorier skrevet av en nordmann. - Bokkilden  
Vibeke Koehler
Norway
Local time: 05:59
Native speaker of: Norwegian
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Dannelsesroman


Definition from Wikipedia:
En dannelsesroman er en romantradisjon der man beskriver hovedpersonens livsløp, prøvelser og modning fram til «dannelse»

Example sentence(s):
  • "Dannelsesromanen fokuserer på dannelsesprosessen, den tegner med Bakhtins ord «et bilde av et menneske i en utviklingsprosess»." (fra Litteraturvitenskapelig leksikon) - Wikipedia  
  • Dannelsesroman, roman som følger hovedpersonen gjennom barndom og oppvekst til voksent liv, og som viser noen av de krefter som former personligheten. - Store norske leksikon  
Hakon Vinje
United States
Local time: 23:59
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian

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Yes  Bjørnar Magnussen: Synes både dannelsesroman og oppvekstroman er gode forslag som bør inn i KudoZ-ordlistene.
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Yes  Hanne-Sofie Frantzen
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