O robô visto pela perspectiva do Bildungsroman na novela O Homem Bicentenário.

Abstract

Bildungsroman, a literary genre originating in post-World War I Germany, initially focused on the formation of national identity, has evolved into a universal narrative that explores the growth and maturation of characters from youth to adulthood. This genre offers a rich lens for analyzing issues of human development, identity and society in literary texts. Thus, this article is the result of research that seeks to fill a gap in the analysis of the connection between the Bildungsroman and The bicentennial man from 1976, by author Isaac Asimov, highlighting the maturation journey of the protagonist Andrew Martin based on the principles of Bildungsroman. Asimov is one of the greatest contemporary science fiction authors, and is often revered for his contribution to the popularization of the genre. Aspects of the Bildungsroman will be addressed, such as the search for identity and the discovery of freedom, contributing to a deeper understanding of the work and the literary genre. The main foundations can be found in Maas (2000), Lukács (2000) and Moretti (2020).