Para uma interpretação do conceito de Bildungsroman

Abstract

This article suggests a possible meaning of the concept of Bildungsroman. It analyzes Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister Lehrjahre, a novel that is considered the model of this kind of narrative and argues that Goethe shows how the union of action and contemplation is an ideal required to create a balanced humanist man. It also discusses Novalis’ Heinrich von Ofterdingen as an anti-model to Goethe.