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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