picaresque

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues.
2. sıfat Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.

   “Spain became celebrated about the end of this century for her novels in the picaresque style, of which Lazarillo de Tormes is the oldest extant specimen.”

3. isim A picaresque novel.

   “[T]he word picaro, which is almost synonymous with rogue, [...] has given a name to a whole series of novels in Spain called "Picaresques," the heroes of which are adventurers.”