picaresque novel

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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 novel — Early form of the novel, usually a first person narrative, relating the episodic adventures of a rogue or lowborn adventurer (Spanish, pícaro). The hero drifts from place to place and from one social milieu to another in an effort to survive. The …   Universalium

• 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

• novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; …   Universalium

• Novel — For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Novell. New novels in a Oldenburg bookshop, February 2009 …   Wikipedia

• picaresque — adjective a) Of or pertaining to rogues or adventurers Opening in France just before the Revolution and concluding just after the attack on the Tuileries, Sabatinis novel deftly combines historical romance, picaresque novel and revenge tragedy.… …   Wiktionary

• novel — Synonyms and related words: Bildungsroman, Gothic novel, authentic, avant garde, bauble, best seller, bibelot, blockbuster, book, bound book, classic, coloring book, comic novel, creative, curio, definitive work, detective novel, different, dime… …   Moby Thesaurus

• novel —    The establishment of the Franco regime at the end of the Civil War had negative consequences for all cultural activity, not least the novel. Those pre war novelists who were not dead or exiled found themselves, for the most part, reduced to… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

• novel — I n 1. narrative, story, tale, account, history, chronicle, saga, yarn; fiction, romance, Fr. roman; drama, adventure, mystery, detective novel or fiction, Inf. whodunit, thriller, suspense novel, spy novel, intrigue, science fiction, Sl. sci fi… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• picaresque — I. adjective Etymology: Spanish picaresco, from pícaro Date: 1810 of or relating to rogues or rascals; also of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist < a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• picaresque — /pik euh resk /, adj. 1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric… …   Universalium