Abstract
In this literary analysis written for WRTC 486: Writing in the Community, Terry Adams examines the ways in which Tsitsi’s novel Nervous Conditions both reinforces and undermines the conventions of the classical bildungsroman. Drawing upon scholarship in girlhood studies, the theme of his Writing in the Community class, Adams offers nuanced analysis of the novel’s plot structure and characterization with an aim of demonstrating how genre classification often falls short when applied to post-colonial literature.
Course Number
WRTC 486
Course Title
Writing in the Community
Semester enrolled
2017
Recommended Citation
Adams, Terry
(2017)
"Reconsidering the Bildungsroman: Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions,"
Lexia: Undergraduate Journal in Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication: Vol. 5, Article 16.
Available at:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/lexia/vol5/iss1/16
