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Period: 300 to
Romance Genre
Romance genre main plot centers around individuals falling in love. -
301
Greek Novels in the 4th century
Greek novels laid the foundation of what is now known as "romance." -
476
Medieval times
Romance genre in the medieval times were popular in France known as classic romance. -
500
Medieval Times
Later people started writting plays called tragicomedies, that were romances with happy endings, adventure, long journeys and even tragedy endings. -
Don Quixote
In the 1600's the novel of Don Quixote changed the idealistic virtues of knights to a harsher reality, vanishing the romance of knights and love. -
Romance Genre suffers
As a result by 1650 romance genre suffers and the beginning of more realism begins. -
Gothic Writers
In the 1800's the genre of romances is modified to a darker romance. The novel of Frankestein first published in London. -
As we know it today
It originates in England, in the twentieth century. Over the years the romance genre broadens. -
Harlequin Company
The Harlequin company starts publising romance in New York and Toronto. -
New Romance categories
New romance categories start to become common. Such as romantic suspense, erothic romance, and sweet romance. -
Today
Today we can find many different romance litterature and is now found worldwide. Romance novel is the best selling of the paper back fiction market in North America. Romance is not only found in litterature, we can now find it in movies, Brodway, and plays.
