What is a thematic parallel

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When two works of literature share the same theme, one can say that they are thematically parallel, or share a thematic parallel.
For example, many works of Hermann Hesse, a well known German author, share the theme of "coming of age," known in German as "Bildungsroman."
Other coming of age novels would be "Great Expectations," by Charles Dickens; "A Tree Grows in Broooklyn," by Betty Smith; "The Catcher in the Rye," by J.D. Salinger, "Jane Eyre," by Charlotte Bronte; "A Porrait of the Artist as a Young Man," by James Joyce. Some of Hermann Hesse's coming of age novels are: "Peter Camenzind," "Gertrude," "Beneath the Wheel," and "Klingsor's Last Summer." Other famous Western European coming of age novels are "The Sorrows of Young Werther," J.W.F. von Geothe; "Sentimental Education," by Gustave Flaubert; "The Picture of Dorian Gray," by Oscar Wilde; "The Magic Mountain," by Thomas Mann; "Invisible Man," by Ralph Ellison.
These novels were written in many countries, over the course of hundreds of years-but share the same theme, or, share a thematic parallel.
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