romantic fiction
Tales of courtship
Romantic fiction is a genre of novels and stories centered on love relationships, typically following characters through courtship to a satisfying emotional resolution.
The genre ranges from chaste historical romances to explicit contemporary narratives.
She reads romantic fiction on her commute.
Romance novels consistently dominate popular fiction sales.
- tropesRecurring thematic conventions
- enemies to loversRomance from mutual hostility
- happily-ever-afterIdyllic permanent resolution
- grand gestureDramatic act for effect
- forbidden loveRomance society prohibits
love triangle · meet-cute · love at first sight · slow burn · fake dating · romantic suspense · star-crossed lovers · marriage of convenience · Harlequin · societal expectations · dramatic tension · secret admirer · brooding hero · alpha male · beach read · bodice ripper · witty banter · emotional depth
- fictionnovel, novels, novella, novellas, short story
- prosenovel, novels, short story, novellas, essay
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- romance fictionlove stories, romantic comedy, love story, romantic suspense, romantic fantasy
- prose genresnovels, novellas, family sagas, social realism, children's stories
- French LiteratureVictor Hugo, Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Dumas, Jules Verne
romantic fictionhorror
Extreme fear or disgust
horror fiction · technical writing · academic writing · thriller · crime fiction
romantic fictionliterary fiction
Prose emphasizing craft and depth
modernist literature · experimental fiction · postmodern fiction