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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. Romance (prose fiction) - Wikipedia

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   Literary fiction, in the book-trade, are novels that are regarded as having literary merit and can employ a variety of subgenres, including the love romance novel, the historical novel, the adventure novel, and scientific romance (an older term what what we now call science fiction ). Works of nautical fiction can also be romances, as the genre ...

4. Chivalric romance - Wikipedia

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   t. e. As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of high medieval and early modern Europe. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a chivalric knight-errant portrayed as having heroic qualities, who goes on a quest.

5. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia

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   The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was first proposed by Georges Polti in 1895 to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance. [1] Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works. He also analyzed a handful of non-French authors.

6. 20 best romantic K-drama movies, from rom-coms to historical ...

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   This steamy historical drama is based on the 1782 French novel, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.”. In late 18th-century Korea, noblewoman Lady Cho appears virtuous on the surface. However, the widow ...

7. Drama (film and television) - Wikipedia

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   Gone with the Wind is a popular romance drama. In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. [1] The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, [2] such as soap ...

8. Regency romance - Wikipedia

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   Regency romance. On the Threshold (1900), by Edmund Leighton, a painting set in the Regency era. Regency romances are a subgenre of romance novels set during the period of the British Regency (1811–1820) or early 19th century. Rather than simply being versions of contemporary romance stories transported to a historical setting, Regency ...

9. Romance film - Wikipedia

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   Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage is featured. These films make the search for romantic love the main plot ...