Bildungs Roman in Avni Doshi’s ‘Girl in White Cotton”

The term “Bildungsroman” is a literary genre. The German word Bildungsroman means “novel of education” or “novel of formation”. It deals with the particular person‟s intellectual and ethical growth from the childhood to adulthood. Avni Doshi „s „Girl in White Cotton”relates the growing up or “coming of age” of a protagonist. Bildungsroman also deals with the conflict between the main character and society, where the protagonist tend to accept the social value. This paper brings out the Bildungsroman based novel.