The transformation of the development novel (Entwicklungsroman) genre in the oeuvre of G. Meyrink
... view of the concepts of “subjective” novel, as well as the literary feature of Meyrink’s prose, the character is considered as a subject in the course of development, whereas the author’s variant of the Entwicklungsroman is interpreted as an initiation novel.
1. Cersowsky P. Phantastische Literatur im ersten Viertel des 20. Jahrhunderts. Untersuchungen zum Strukturwandel des Genres, seinen geistesgeschichtlichen Voraussetzungen und zur Tradition der 'schwarzen Romantik' insbesondere bei Gustav Meyrink,...
