GATE 2021 XH2 – Question 33

Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres: History, evolution and importance of categorisation · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Which statement is NOT true of Bram Stoker’s Dracula?

It is a Gothic novel.
It is narrated largely through letters.
Transylvania is an important setting.
It is a Bildungsroman.

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Correct answer: (D) It is a Bildungsroman.

Explanation

Dracula is Gothic and uses an epistolary/documentary structure of letters, diaries and related records; Transylvania is central to its opening and mythology. A Bildungsroman centres on an individual’s formative growth into maturity, which is not its defining structure. Thus D is the exception.

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