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• Picaresque novel — Picaresque redirects here. For the album by the Decemberists, see Picaresque (album). The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for rogue or rascal ) is a popular sub genre of prose fiction which is usually satirical and depicts, in… …   Wikipedia

• picaresque — [ pikarɛsk ] adj. • 1835; esp. picaresco, de picaro « aventurier » ♦ Hist. littér. Relatif ou propre aux picaros, aventuriers espagnols (type littéraire du XVIe au XVIIIe s.). Aventures, mœurs picaresques. ♢ Qu …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• PICARESQUE (ROMAN) — On qualifie ordinairement de picaresques un ensemble de romans espagnols qui, sous forme autobiographique, racontent les aventures d’un personnage de basse extraction (le pícaro ), sans métier, serviteur aux nombreux maîtres, volontiers vagabond …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Picaresque — Studioalbum von The Decemberists Veröffentlichung 22. März 2005 Aufnahme August – September 2004 Lab …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Picaresque (disambiguation) — Picaresque may refer to:* Picaresque novel, a popular subgenre of prose fiction which is usually satirical and depicts in realistic and often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his or her wits in a… …   Wikipedia

• picaresque — (adj.) 1810, from Sp. picaresco roguish, from picaro rogue, possibly from picar to pierce, from V.L. *piccare (see PIKE (Cf. pike) (n.2)). Originally in roman picaresque rogue novel, the classic example being Gil Blas …   Etymology dictionary

• Picaresque — Pic a*resque , a. [F., fr. Sp. picaro rogue.] Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• picaresque — is used to describe a type of fiction concerned with the adventures of a rogue (from Spanish picaro meaning ‘rogue’). The type is represented in 18c English literature by Defoe s Moll Flanders (1722), Fielding s Tom Jones (1749), and other… …   Modern English usage

• picaresque — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to fiction dealing with the adventures of a dishonest but appealing hero. ORIGIN Spanish picaresco, from pícaro rogue …   English terms dictionary

• picaresque — [pik΄ə resk′] adj. [Sp picaresco < pícaro, rascal, orig. knavish, vile] 1. of, like, or having to do with sharp witted vagabonds or rogues 2. designating or characteristic of a kind of fiction that originated in Spain and deals episodically… …   English World dictionary

• Picaresque — Roman picaresque Le roman picaresque La Vie de Lazarillo de Tormes (1554) Le roman picaresque (de l espagnol pícaro, « misérable », « futé ») est un genre littéraire né en Espagne au XVIe siècle et qui a connu sa plu …   Wikipédia en Français