Romance is associated with romanticism.
Romance , from the Latin romanice , is a concept with several uses linked to the field of linguistics and literature . In colloquial language, however, the word can be used to refer to fleeting or informal romantic relationships .
For example: “The actress is having a passionate romance with a man twenty years younger than her” , “I had a romance with a Chilean during the summer holidays” , “I haven't had a romance for a long time” .
Romance as a genre
Among the various genres of literature and film, there is the romantic genre , which refers to a love relationship, generally between two heterosexual people. Although it is impossible to frame certain stories in a single genre, those that revolve around the intimacy of two individuals who fall in love are usually labeled as romantic , with all that this entails at a cultural level.
It is generally considered that films and books with this type of subject matter are only of interest to women ; this thought, which is sexist in nature and is not based on any kind of thorough and realistic study of society, overlooks the fact that millions of women dedicate their lives, for example, to medicine, music, teaching, sport and journalism, all of these professions that men also practice and which require a great dedication to study and constant preparation in areas that are not necessarily related to makeup, expensive clothes and seduction .
Maintaining romance in a couple is important.
From the physical to the emotional
As if this vision were not already narrow enough, the general conception of romance has as its protagonists a man and a woman, usually physically fit and with conventionally attractive features. Where does that leave homosexuals ? Besides, can't a man and a woman of normal appearance, with normal bodies, have a passionate romance?
The media continues to present romance as an adventure that can only be experienced by two physically attractive people; but perhaps it is even worse that these stories do not transcend the superficial plane of the characters, who fall in love with a waist, with golden hair, with eyes as blue as the sea . The message of little commitment and emotional distance is persistently conveyed, which can only lead to one of two possible outcomes: divorce or unhappiness.
A love relationship that begins based on physical attraction and does not seek to nourish itself on an emotional level does not have many chances of lasting or, at least, of enriching its protagonists .
Romance languages and the term in literature
Romance languages are those that derive from Latin . In this group we find, therefore, languages such as Spanish, French and Italian, which are closely related to each other, since they presented a similar evolution and started from the same point. More than twenty languages belonging to this family are known, although only six of them are actively used.
The romance is, on the other hand, a metric combination that emerged in Spain. In it, the even verses have assonant rhyme and the odd verses are left free. In general, the verses are octosyllabic, although they can also be hexasyllabic or alexandrine. By extension, the poem composed with this metric and which is characteristic of the oral tradition is known as a romance.
In terms of narrative, romance is a fictional story, usually written in prose, that is very long. Unlike novels , romance presents characters and situations that are part of the universe of the wonderful.
An album by Luis Miguel
“Romance” is, finally, the title of an album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel , which was released in 1991 and nominated for a Grammy Award a year later.
“Romance” contains great hits such as “I Don’t Know You” and “Unforgettable” .