The Typology of the Novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and You’re No Stranger Here

Artist’s novel is one of the major and nearly independent subtypes of the bildungsroman novel and a product of the genre’s development and modifications. The present research aims to introduce the novel’s features by focusing on the structural elements of an English novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce and You’re No Stranger Here by Houshang Moradi Kermani, and using a descriptive-analytical approach. In this type of novel, the stages of the artist’s personality development, his mental concerns, and viewpoints regarding art are explained thoroughly. Also, in this novel, art tools and the titles of some prominent works of art are mentioned. The artist uses his art to serve the community and eventually, his special way of thinking (against his family’s ideals) forces him to immigrate. In the final part of the novel, we occasionally see an artist writing his own life story. Although according to these features, you’re No Stranger Here is the best match for the English novel, apparently, these features can also be observed in most of the selected examples of this subgenre. However, the description of the artist’s personality development, his mental and social concerns, and his loyalty to art originality and importance are among the prominent features of this type of novel.