picaresque

This is what you'd call a picaresque novel.
C'est ce qu'on appelle un roman picaresque.
Do you know the word "picaresque"?
Tu connais le mot "rocambolesque" ?
Written more as a moralizing discourse than for amusement, Guzman de Alfarache offers all of the features of the picaresque novel.
Écrit comme un discours moraliste plutôt que comme un divertissement, Guzmán de Alfarache offre tous les traits du roman picaresque.
The writer joins the picaresque with fantasy in his latest novel.
L'écrivain associe la picaresque à la fantaisie dans son dernier roman.
I'm reading a picaresque novel that was written in the 17th century.
Je lis un roman picaresque qui a été écrit au XVIIe siècle.
Lazarillo de Tormes is one of the seminal works of picaresque literature.
Lazarillo de Tormes est l'une des œuvres fondatrices de la littérature picaresque.
In the next unit of this class we will study picaresque literature.
Dans la prochaine unité de ce cours, nous allons étudier la littérature picaresque.
You can't help but identify with the movie's picaresque protagonist.
Il est impossible de ne pas s'identifier au protagoniste picaresque du film.
Picaresque literature was a very popular genre in Spain.
La littérature picaresque était un genre très populaire en Espagne.
This is what you'd call a picaresque novel.
C'est ce qu'on appelle un roman picaresque. C'est ce qu'on appelle un roman picaresque.
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