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The Theme of Coming-of-Age in Breath

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XU Xian-jing

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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2025.02.002

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University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

ABSTRACT

In the exploration of the theme of coming-of-age in Breath, this paper is to discuss the role played by peer, guru, woman, and guilds respectively in the growing of the protagonists and hopes to arrive at the conclusion that formation can only be accomplished only if one seeks to reconcile with self, possibly with help from guilds who are often imperfect in Winton’s fictions. Besides, the analysis indicates that the novelist seems to be spinning an allegory of a young nation of Australia that is seeking adulthood through the story of the boy’s initiation.

KEYWORDS

Bildungsroman, Breath, Tim Winton, coming-of-age

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XU Xian-jing, The Theme of Coming-of-Age in Breath. US-China Foreign Language, February 2025, Vol. 23, No. 2, 38-42 doi:10.17265/1539-8080/2025.02.002

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