FLCL Bildungsroman Score

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	SEC 1	Narrative Perspective and Mode	MAX POINTS	FLCL
2	1	Focalization shifts between narrator and protagonist(whether 1st or 3rd person)	3	2
3	2	Acess to protagonists' consciousness	2	2
4	3	Retrospective narrative (1st person or omniscient)	2	2
5	4	Narrator understands more than young protagonist	2	1
6	5	Plot combines action and reflection	2	2
7	6	Ironic attitude to young protagonist	2	2
8	7	Verisimilar novel: portrays existing world realistically	2	0
9		Section Total	15	11
10	SEC 2	Characterization: protagonist	MAX POINTS	FLCL
11	8	One Main Character	1	0
12	9	Protagonist is a round character, not flat	1	1
13	10	Protagonist is dynamic; changes in the course of the novel/show	2	2
14	11	protagonist is an only child	1	0
15	12	protagonist is orphan OR	2 OR	0
16	13	fatherless OR	2 OR
17	14	parent dies in the course of the novel	2 OR
18	15	Only one or no (known) living relatives	1	0
19	16	Of middle-class background	2	2
20	17	Oridinary (not particularly talented or untalented)	2	2
21	18	Protagonist is basically good and willing to help	2	2
22	19	Male ptg: passive, uncertain about goals, leaves decisions to chance or others	1 OR	1
23	20	Female ptg: Relatively active, has strong goals, makes decisions easily	1 OR
24		Section Total	15	10
25	SEC 3	Characterization: Secondary Characters	MAX POINTS	FLCL
26	21	Other character(s) essential in making protagonist change and grow	3	3
27	22	Other characters more important in their relationship to protagonist than own	1	1
28	23	Important educator(s)	3	1
29	24	Important companion(s)	2	2
30	25	Important lover(s)	3	3
31	26	Other characters' love relationship as exemplary or contrast to protagonist	1	1
32	27	Other characters' marriage as exemplary or as in contrast	1	0
33	28	At least one important character from lower, middle, and higher social classes	3	3
34		Section Total	17	14
35	SEC 4	Topical Story Elements: Affecting Protagonist	MAX POINTS	FLCL
36	29	Experiences poverty	2	0
37	30	Experiences hunger	2	0
38	31	Goes to boarding school	1	0
39	32	Move to big city OR	2 OR	0
40	33	Move away from home OR	2 OR
41	34	Leaves home to go on journey	2 OR
42	35	Introduced to new social groups, classes and professions	1	0
43	36	Learns skills	1	1
44	37	Tries on particular role or roles	1	1
45	38	Falls in love	2	2
46	39	Has money problems	1	0
47	40	Is wounded or sick	1	0
48	41	Nursed back to health by parent substitute or loyal friend	1	0
49	42	Adopted parent dies	1	0
50	43	Death of close relative or friend	2	0
51	44	Repents immoral or insensitive action	2	2
52	45	Rescued from emergency or cliffhanger	1	0
53	46	Gets inheritance at the end OR	2 OR	2
54	47	Loses prospective inheritance at the end	2 OR
55	48	Gets engaged or married	1	0
56	49	Has children	1	0
57	50	Nurses other sick person	1	0
58		Section Total	26	8
59	SEC 5	Topical Story Elements: Affecting Secondary Characters	MAX POINTS	FLCL
60	51	Serious crime such as murder	1	0
61	52	Dangerous or disastrous fire	1	1
62	53	Character seriously ill	1	0
63	54	Character becomes invalid	1	1
64	55	Character ruined financially	1	0
65	56	Character dies (not close relative or close friend)	1	0
66	57	Funeral	1	0
67	58	Identity or family relationship outside protagonist's family revealed	1	0
68	59	Family secret of other family revealed	1	0
69		Section Total	9	2
70	SEC 6	Setting	MAX POINTS	FLCL
71	60	Setting for childhood scenes is countryside or provincial town	2	2
72	61	Setting after school-leaving to a capital or large city	3 OR	0
73	62	Setting after school-leaving to a large house	3 OR
74		Section Total	5	2
75	SEC 9	Theme, Subject Matter and Motifs	MAX POINTS	FLCL
76	63	the psychological and moral dev. of the ptg. from youth to adulthood (main theme)	3	3
77	64	Ptg. strives for liberation from the people he/she depends on and their plans	2	2
78	65	search for new commitments to people and ideas	2	2
79	66	tension/conflict/discrepancy between inner and outer worlds	2	2
80	67	protagonist confronted with at least one philosophy or philosophical system	2	2
81	68	learning through pain and loss	1	0
82	69	development from false self-perception to self-knowlege	2	2
83	70	false idealism gives way to acceptance of reality	1	1
84	71	fate and chance	1	1
85	72	free will	1	0
86	73	death and grief	3	0
87	74	love, relationships and marriage	3	2
88	75	portrayal of society	2	2
89	76	social criticism	2	2
90	77	family becomes a theme at the end	2	0
91		Section Total	29	21
92	SEC 8	Generic Signals	MAX POINTS	FLCL
93	78	Book title includes the name of the protagonist	1	0
94	79	Book title includes the words "years," "life," "adventures of," or "history."	1	0
95	80	Allusions to bildungsromans, typically Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, or Great Exp.	1	0
96	81	Indications from early on that this will be a life story	1	1
97		Section Total	4	1
98	SEC 7	Plot and Structure	MAX POINTS	FLCL	Catcher in the Rye	David Copperfield
99	82	plot is primarily chronological	2	2
100	83	main part of plot about period when protagonist is between 18 and 23 years old	3	0