Answer: Bildungsroman is the name of a literary genre that centers in the transformation of the main character, who goes from being a child or adolescent to becoming an adult.
Explanation: The term "bildungsroman" comes from German and it is used to refer to a literary genre that explores the intellectual and moral growth of the protagonist of a story, that is to say that it focuses on the development of the character. In that way, a novel that is part of this genre usually begins introducing the protagonist as a child and finishes presenting him/her as an adult. Some examples of novels that belong to "bildungsroman" are Dickens' Great Expectations, Alcott's Little Women and Hesse's Demian.
