Bildungs roman- coming of age novel; protagonist comes to learn who they are (identity plot)
ID plot has 5 major elements:
- Narrative revoles around the question of how to define and understand a character identity
- The character must be a member of a minority within a larger society
- The character is at odds with the minority group which he/she is a part of
- The character needs to be conflicted about his/her difference from the majority about his/her differences from the minority
- Authenticity and origin are always at stake in the character's quest for personal identity, even when these are absent, their absence alone signifies something crucial to the character's identity
Variations:
- Character may seem to be a member of the majority group -Character is not conflicted about membership to a minority group (will or won't betray the group)
- Characters resist having an identity that is stable
- May be multiple people whose identities are at stake
- Variations of fiction based on fact
- Identity is not based on race of ethnicity
- personal differences
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