Protagonists built for comic or satirical effect: the picaresque rogue's episodic misadventures, the deluded idealist whose gap between self-image and reality is the source of comedy, and the redeemed miser whose transformation closes a moral satire. Belongs here: a protagonist whose central function is comic, satirical or ironic commentary on the society around them. Does not belong here: a protagonist whose arc is played straight for tragedy or romance despite occasional comic incident, tracked under those groups above.
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1. Picaresque Novel (Wikipedia)
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The picaresque genre began with the Spanish novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), which was published anonymously during the Spanish Golden Age because of its anticlerical content.
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