教きょう養よう小しょう説せつ

noun

Bildungsroman; novel of personal development

A literary term for a novel that follows the protagonist's psychological and moral growth from youth to adulthood. Often used in academic or critical contexts.

• ゲーテの『ヴィルヘルム・マイスターの修しゅう業ぎょう時じ代だい』は教きょう養よう小しょう説せつの代だい表ひょう作さくとされる。

  Goethe's 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship' is considered a representative work of the Bildungsroman genre.