AbstractAcknowledgementsIntroduction Bildungsroman-Toward a New DefinitionChapter 1 Bildungsroman and Autobiography: a Study of Their Relationship 1.1 Autobiography: Toward a New Definition 1.2 Bildungsroman: a Novel-form Autobiography 1.3 Bildungsroman Vs. Autobiography-form novelChapter 2 Autobiography into Autobiograph: David Copperfield as One Version of the Growing Dickens 2.1 Dickens and his David Copperfield: an Introduction 2.2 David Copperfield: an Autobiography of David Copperfield 2.3 David Copperfield and the Young Dickens: a ComparisonChapter 3 Life out of Life: Stephen Dedalus as a Serf Portrait of the Young Joyce 57 3.1 James Joyce and his A Portrait of the Artist as a YoungMan 3.2 Stephen: a Recreation of the Young Joyce as the Artis 3.3 Stephen the Artist andJoyce the Artist: a Comparison 3.4 David CopperfieM Vs. Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManChapter 4 China Narratives, Mediation and the Problematic of Readership in Fifth Chinese Daughter and The Woman Warrior 4.1 The Authors and Context 4.2 Literature Review 4.3 Mediation of ReadershipChapter 5 The Growing Up of the Self and the Politics of Narration in Douglasss Autobiographies of 1845 and 1855 5.1 The Author and Context 5.2 Comparison and Contrast: Autobiographies of 1845 Vs. 1855Conclusion Bildungsroman and autobiography: Toward a New Conception 1 Change de role: Bildungsroman Vs. Autobiography 2 Bildungsroman and Autobiography Reconsidered 3 An Ending and a New BeginningBibliographyIndex