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Things picaresque often describes ("picaresque ________")
- journey
- protagonist
- career
- myth
- series
- adventurer
- characters
- saint
- episodes
- novelists
- writers
- heroine
- strain
- figures
- story
- figure
- structure
- romance
- manner
- humor
- element
- scheme
- escapade
- stories
- adventure
- narratives
- formula
- conventions
- adventures
- quality
- model
- theme
- epic
- tradition
- narrative
- sequence
- narrator
- account
- vein
- rogue
- mode
- pattern
- elements
- realism
- type
- plot
- style
- existence
- flavor
- spirit
- character
- incident
- genre
- novelist
- tale
- novels
- autobiography
- novel
- hero
- fantasy
- fashion
- tales
- narration
- romances
- scenes
- literature
- form
- fictions
- writer
- world
- incidents
- satire
- episode
- framework
- comedy
- tone
- heroes
- fiction
How picaresque often is described ("________ picaresque")
- classic
- english
- modern
- spanish
- cetacean
- satirical
- erotic
- satiric
- loose
- most
- spiritual
- western
- century
- sentimental
- more
- less
- conventional
- classical
- comic
- heroic
- american
- short
- episodic
- somewhat
- true
- european
- sapphic
- military
- harmless
- luridly
- male
- female
- pure
- romantic
- see
- traditional
- early
- feminine
- roman
- earlier
- lovely
