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2. Romance novel - Wikipedia

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   A romance novel or romantic novel is a genre fiction novel that primary focuses on the relationship and romantic love between two people, typically with an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. Authors who have contributed to the development of this genre include Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Brontë .

3. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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   List of writing genres. Writing genres (more commonly known as literary genres) are categories that distinguish literature (including works of prose, poetry, drama, hybrid forms, etc.) based on some set of stylistic criteria. Sharing literary conventions, they typically consist of similarities in theme/topic, style, tropes, and storytelling ...

4. Romance (prose fiction) - Wikipedia

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   Romance (prose fiction) Romance, is a "a fictitious narrative in prose or verse; the interest of which turns upon marvellous and uncommon incidents". This genre contrasted with the main tradition of the novel, which realistically depict life. [1] These works frequently, but not exclusively, take the form of the historical novel. [2]

5. Romantic literature in English - Wikipedia

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   Romantic literature in English. William Blake is considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic age. Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century. Scholars regard the publishing of William Wordsworth 's and Samuel ...

6. Absurdist fiction - Wikipedia

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   Absurdist fiction is a genre of novels, plays, poems, films, or other media that focuses on the experiences of characters in situations where they cannot find any inherent purpose in life, most often represented by ultimately meaningless actions and events that call into question the certainty of existential concepts such as truth or value. [1]

7. Contemporary romance - Wikipedia

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   Contemporary romance is a subgenre of contemporary and romance novels. This era of romance novels that were published after 1945 [1] and the Second World War. [2] Contemporary romance is generally set contemporaneously with the time of its writing. [3] The largest of the romance novel subgenres, contemporary romance novels usually reflect the ...