picaresque

an episode in a picaresque novel.

流浪汉小说中一个片断

picaresque novels; waifs of the picaresque tradition; a picaresque hero.

传奇小说；传奇小说中传统流浪者形象；传奇式英雄。

waifs of the picaresque tradition;

传奇小说中传统流浪者形象；

a paper tracing the descent of the novel from old picaresque tales.

追溯古老传奇故事演化到小说论文

this novel also follows and yet ironizes many of the conventions of the picaresque narrative.

这部小说虽落了流浪汉题材小说许多俗套，但也刺了这些俗套。