What are some examples of books or movies that use Bildungsroman?

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Alan P.
Jul 8, 2016

Bildungsroman: coming of age
(example below)

Explanation:

Almost anything by John Green: Paper Towns; Looking for Alaska; The Fault is in Our Stars

Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn

J.K.Rowling: (entire) Harry Potter series

Ursula Le Guin: Earthsea novels (e.g. A Wizard of Earthsea)

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

Teresa Toten: The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B

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