An ________ story is a story whose overall plot is concerned with putting the protagonist through a particular sort of experience. The idea is that the character is forced, by what he/she encounters in the course of the action, to become “a different person”, usually someone more complicated, more comprehensive, with wider views.
initiation
成长小说亦称启蒙小说，这类小说处理的是主角自幼年或少年至成年、自天真无知至成熟世故 的历练过程：或许进入社会吃亏吃苦而逐渐明白世途艰难人心险恶，或许经历某个或某些重大事件而使人 生有所领悟有所改变；而在这番“转大人”的领悟和改变完成之际，故事亦于鄢到达（圆满的，或虽不圆满但尚称释然的）尾声。