picaresque 的定义
- 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 episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- of, relating to, or resembling rogues.
picaresque 近义词
等同于 episodic
更多picaresque例句
- That choice fits the comic’s loose, rambling picaresque, where getting too serious too often would harsh what’s compelling about the story, which is a group of characters bonding during the end of the world.
- Like its groundbreaking predecessor, “Subsequent Moviefilm” is a raunchy, sharply political picaresque through the American heartland.
- That said, Waters has come a long way since the picaresque adventures of Nan and Kitty.
- The picaresque escapades and legendary extravagances of the brothers are indulged with a collective wink.
- They appear in alternate performances in a wonderfully picaresque Waiting for Godot.
- Adam and Evelyn A romantic picaresque tale against the backdrop of a divided Germany.
- Then there were some of the writers of the picaresque novels.
- Even regarded as an early attempt in the "picaresque" manner, it is abortive and only half organised.
- The tone of the Spanish and French picaresque novel had never been high: but it is curiously degraded in this English example.
- It belongs to that class of novel known as picaresque—romances of adventures and battles.
- A picaresque novel is only a very eventful biography; but the opening of Bleak House is quite another business altogether.