'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde. A Negative Bildungsroman?

Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, University of Constance, course: Proseminar: The British Bildungsroman, language: English, abstract: This essay discusses Oscar Wilde's only novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' as a bildungsroman. The essay gives a brief overview concerning the genre, defines the traditional bildungsroman and analyses how 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' agrees with and differs from the traditional genre.