Jan 13, 2010 14:19
14 yrs ago
English term

coming-of-age story

GBK English to Slovenian Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Definition from VirtualSalt - Robert Harris:
A type of novel where the protagonist is initiated into adulthood through knowledge, experience, or both, often by a process of disillusionment. Understanding comes after the dropping of preconceptions, a destruction of a false sense of security, or in some way the loss of innocence. Some of the shifts that take place are these: * ignorance to knowledge * innocence to experience * false view of world to correct view * idealism to realism * immature responses to mature responses Examples: * Jane Austen Northanger Abbey * Charles Dickens, Great Expectations * Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage
Example sentences:
Everything about Scherfig’s coming-of-age story about a girl in the London suburb of Twickenham in 1961 is spot-on. (Austin Chronicle Corp.)
But this comedy about a Texas high schooler (Ellen Page) who reinvents herself as “Babe Ruthless” and becomes the star of an Austin league is a surprisingly credible coming-of-age story. (Creative Loafing Media)
Ostensibly a coming-of-age story, this languorous, beautifully shot feature debut from Minh Nguyen-Vo, a writer and director, centers on a teenager whose journey from innocence to knowledge is also a twinned meditation on both the natural and very unnatural state of things. (The New York Times Company)
Proposed translations (Slovenian)
4 Zgodba o odraščanju
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Proposed translations

3 days 1 hr

Zgodba o odraščanju

Definition from own experience or research:
zgodba (filmska, literarna ipd.), ki govori o problemih in stanju osebe, ki odrašča (fizično, psihično, umsko)
Example sentences:
ECHO Avtor: Francesca Lia Block Mladinski roman Echo je pretresljiva in nenavadna zgodba o odraščanju dekleta, ki v bolečih razmerah skuša najti svojo identiteto. V najbolj občutljivem in ranljivem obdobju življenja spozna, da je sama ... (spletna knjigarna)
Film temelji na istiomenskem romanu Antonia Solerja, ki pripoveduje zgodbo o odraščanju najstnice konec 70. let v Malagi ... (rtv slo)
Jin Wangovo zgodbo o odraščanju spremlja še dodatna vzporedna zgodba o belskem dečku, ki na svojega kitajskega bratranca Chin-Keeja projecira vse obstoječe ... (knjigarna azil.zrc-sazu)
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