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== Romance == | == Romance == | ||
Romance is a fictitious narrative in prose or verse, the interest of which turns upon incidents either marvelous or uncommon(Encyclopedia Americana 646d). Romance originally denoted any verse narrative written in one of the [[Romance Languages]], during the Middle Ages(Merit Student Encyclopedia 117). Romance is a medieval tale based on legend, chivalric love and adventure, or the supernatural(Webster 962). A new interest in the medieval romance contributed to the naming of the nineteenth century, [[Romanticism]](Drabble 842). | Romance is a fictitious narrative in prose or verse, the interest of which turns upon incidents either marvelous or uncommon(Encyclopedia Americana 646d). Romance originally denoted any verse narrative written in one of the [[Romance Languages]], during the Middle Ages(Merit Student Encyclopedia 117). Romance is a medieval tale based on legend, chivalric love and adventure, or the supernatural(Webster 962). A new interest in the medieval romance contributed to the naming of the nineteenth century, [[Romanticism]](Drabble 842). | ||
As a literary genere, Romance is a long poem or tale, orig. written in the Romance dialect derived from any of the languages Vulgar Latin: excitement, love of the kind found in such literature. According to Putnam in some works of Romance is "full of supernatural deeds of valor,implausible, and complicated adventures, duels, and enchantments." (1676) A romantic story must focus on a love relationship between two people and it must have an emotionally satisfying and optomistic ending. Romance is based on love and love has a very deep, basic meaning. Love is a strong affection or liking for someone or something. "Love was important enough to the Greeks and Romans that they has gods of love, Eros and Cupid."(349) An example of romance or love used in literature is "My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay; The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray." | |||
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