Volume : 2, Issue : 12, DEC 2016

NOVEL OF FORMATION OR COMING OF – SELF REALISATION A PEEK INTO THE FOUNDATION

Dr.T.V.S.Padmaja, Uma Rajmohan

Abstract

There is no distinct formal characteristics, it is in fact defined only through the eyes of the reader who recognizes the transformation of the protagonist from that of an inchoate identity to that of a fixed mature one. It does not follow a theory or logic, but all the theory is disciplined through the eyes of the roads. That recognition also depends on how the development of the protagonist conforms to that of a model of maturation which is derived from Enlightenment ideals of the individual as autonomous and also rational. As a response to the contested nature of the identity of American culture the regeneration as that of the Enlightenment paradigm which acts as a natural expression of the individual or self which ultimately is the foundation for Bildungsroman’s popularity.

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