Picaresque novel
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title:
Picaresque novel
text:
The picaresque novel is a genre of prose fiction. It depicts the adventures of a roguish but "appealing hero", usually of low social class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society. Picaresque novels typically adopt the form of "an episodic prose narrative" with a realistic style. There are often some elements of comedy and satire. Although the term "picaresque novel" was coined in 1810, the picaresque genre began with the Spanish novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), which was published anonymous
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description:
Genre of prose fiction featuring "rascal"-like protagonists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picaresque_novel
date created:
2002-07-21T09:56:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T01:25:37Z
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