picaresque

/ˌpɪkəˈɹɛsk/

relating to a roguish hero's episodic adventures

picaresque in a sentence

“The picaresque novel followed a charming con artist.”

Spanish pícaro rogue

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a series of novels chronicling a family or society

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turmoil and emotional intensity

verisimilitude

the appearance of being true or real

bildungsroman

a coming-of-age novel

denouement

the final resolution of a plot

leitmotif

a recurring theme or image