Meaning ofpicaresque in English
picaresque
adjective
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In it are found dozens of increasinglypicaresque and abbreviated sections depicting folk dances, ballroom dances, waltzes, marches, polkas - you name it.
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I should like to take a somewhatpicaresque look at the debate on education.
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It is now seen as one of the greatpicaresque glories of landscape, but it is interesting to note that forestry was introduced for agricultural purposes as an experiment.
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He switches from one rhetorical mode to another, from a kind of symbolist poetry to grand adventure narrative topicaresque comedy.
Usually, the lyrics of "gatos" arepicaresque or humorous (and the dancers frequently stop the music to improvise any occurrence of double meaning).
Themes are usually tragic and somewhatpicaresque, where one makes fun of one's tragedy.
His almost legendary story is an example of thepicaresque, with a tragic ending.
Nan's experiences eventually reveal serious faults of the society she moves through, the primary element of apicaresque novel.
It is a kind of mixture of the sotonic and thepicaresque.
It is also apicaresque with the main character starting at home and then being called to adventure in space.
The film would have become dramatic, even melodramatic, instead of beingpicaresque.
Humor permeates the text, both situational and in the language itself, which emulates thepicaresque style.
It is variously considered either the firstpicaresque novel or at least the antecedent of the genre.
He concentrated on thepicaresque novel, where a low-born character would go through a practically endless series of adventures.
She also delights in her freedom, while living in apicaresque world where the rules of the aristocracy are left behind.
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