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coming-of-age story

Swedish translation: utvecklingsroman

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English term or phrase:coming-of-age story
Swedish translation:utvecklingsroman

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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
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utvecklingsroman
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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.
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utvecklingsroman


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  
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