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Picaresque vs Smollettian - What's the difference?

picaresque | smollettian |

As adjectives the difference between picaresque and smollettian

is that picaresque is of or pertaining to rogues or adventurers while smollettian is of or pertaining to (tobias smollett) (1721–1771), scottish poet and author best known for picaresque novels.

As a noun picaresque

is a picaresque novel.

picaresque

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to rogues or adventurers
  • (literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero
  • * 2009 , Neil McDonald, Quadrant , November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 103:
    • Opening in France just before the Revolution and concluding just after the attack on the Tuileries, Sabatini's novel deftly combines historical romance, picaresque novel and revenge tragedy.

    Derived terms

    * picaresquely * picaresqueness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A picaresque novel.

    • See also

    * (Picaresque novel)

    smollettian

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to (Tobias Smollett) (1721–1771), Scottish poet and author best known for picaresque novels.
    • English eponyms