What does painful youth mean? What is painful youth?

1, "Painful Youth", from "Painful Youth Literature", originally refers to a certain type of novel. The theme is usually the painful stories of boys and girls in their youth. The content is usually related to love, friendship and affection, and the style is melancholy. Its origin can be traced back to the young Werther, the famous German writer Goethe.

2. On the basis of the novel, many film and television works with similar themes and styles have been derived. However, later works lost their early fresh and natural style, and became affectation and pain for pain, so "painful youth" evolved into satire.