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The Picaresque Novel and the Literary Taxonomy
The Picaresque Novel and the Literary Taxonomy

Author(s): Raluca Stoica
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Applied Linguistics, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: humanities; literature; linguistics; applied linguistics; literary taxonomy; picaresque novel;

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the analysis of the picaresque fiction from a taxonomic point of view, offering a helping hand to researchers who find themselves lost in the numberless picaresque novels which have been written in almost five centuries. The classification of the picaresque novel is made according to extensive and restrictive definitions, having in view the fact a picaresque novel may belong to more than one narrative strategy or to different genres at the same time.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 271-279
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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