NP: catcher in the rye

julian nasti mercutio451 at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 16 16:33:59 CDT 2000


hey there,

Is _The Catcher in the Rye_ classifiable as a picaresque novel? To me, it 
seems more of a combination of the *bildungsroman* and the picaresque than 
exclusively the latter. Certainly, Salinger's characterisation of Holden has 
much in common with that of the traditional picaro.

julian
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