I was thinking of the impact of the celluloid depiction of romance in literature and was researching. Here, I found some relevant materials in that context with my readers that you might find interesting and please feel free to airyour views in the form of commentsand claps;
"What, if any, impact has the romance genre of literature and film had on relationships in today's society?
ROMANTIC LOVE ENDURES
Romance in literature shows a certain idealism. Just as the Age of Chivalry with courtly love was supposed to be taking place during the most brutal excesses of the: Early, Middle and Late Ages.
In this very cynical world of today, I like to believe that romantic literature still exerts an influence on society. Yes there is a “go for the jugular” cynical attitude in America and around the world these days. Yet I think the romantic influence is still with us.
Romance went to books in the 19th Century. Modern day romance (21st Century) goes to books, movies and tv. Yes there is the economic aspect. Someone somewhere will try to make a profit off of a basic human idea and need.
Romantic literature offers no apologies and probably takes no prisoners. “Accept me as I am” and “I am opening up and baring myself to you“ Put in the changing role of women in societies. Yet romantic love has survived.
Romantic loves connects up with sentimentality. Sentimentality is about coupling and family relationships. These ideas have not gone out of style.
Even though most of us do not write epic love letters like the days of the 19th Century. We do have epic texts with emoji symbols…
Frankly, it gives people the wrong idea about relationships and romance in general. There is no such thing as the perfect guy/girl, there is no such thing as “prince charming”, and there is no such thing as a perfect relationship, especially ones born from traumatic or similarly fantastic events (which in real life, do not last).
Ladies; you might find a great guy who ends up turning you down in the end. Maybe he would come around later, maybe not. Of course, in romance movies, they get together in the end, and that's my point.
To me, expecting people to act like characters in
A good friend, a woman who certainly would consider herself a feminist albeit not a man-hating one, had an admirable comment on this subject with reference specifically to two films, An Officer And A Gentleman and Dirty Dancing. She called the found-by-the-perfect man trope that is at the heart of the romance genre “bullshit” and pointed out in Dirty Dancing that seeing the result of a botched abortion does not deter Baby from jumping an unprotected Patrick Swayze.
As a matter of relationships, I think it creates a wholly irrational set of expectations in many women, which can not be met in real life.
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The romance genre of fiction gives women ridiculous expectations about love and sex in the real world. Romance novels should be a guilty pleasure, not a blueprint for your life.
Do romantic movies affect relationships?
Unfortunately romantic movies affect people negatively by providing a fantasy version of life that mostly appeals to all the people willing to shell out the money necessary to watch them but actually have nothing to do with how real life relationships work.
They tend to have a lot of people thinking there’s an opportunity for a relationship if they just stick around long enough when there really isn’t an opportunity at all.
And then they have other people rejecting person after person searching for a perfect partner not understanding that the perfect partners in romantic movies are fictional characters.
Whatt are the effects of the lack of real love and romance in today's society?
TODAYS GENERATION IS BROKEN
Today’s generation doesn’t know the meaning of real love, they are ready to change partners without a second thought, without trying to work it out, they don’t feel the real connection, even if they do they are ready to throw it away over a minor inconvenience to them. This is because so many options are available to try each other, like looking for a job. It’s like they are taking interviews and are not ready to settle and compromise a little. This has changed because of some wrong advice people get from social media that “do not change yourself.” Of course, you need to change.
What makes romance novels so enduring as a literary genre?
Because they are a fantasy of the perfect love, or in the case of menage/RH romance, loves. Imagine a man who says either all the wrong things or the exact right things to get your blood pumping and heart singing.
This literature type can probably be best traced to the Medieval troubadours and minstrels who spread the concept of courtly love while their Lords and Knights were off fighting Crusades. They tapped into the inner romantic that lurks in just about everyone.
Why is literature full of romance, yet, in life, people aren't receptive to romance?
Literature is an imitation, production or reproduction of lives (of human beings). It is one of the subject domains that is closest to humanity. Human being are a creation who need love and good relationships to live a good life and a productive life, though, hostility used to create barriers and enmity has ruin civilizations. In history, we have learnt that the world has been divided into hostile zone geographically, which now has been demolished or removed. Examples: The Great China Wall (which is still preserved for monumental purpose, the Berlin Wall. etc. Now a days, there are so many soc
What is the reason for the popularity of romance novels? How does this reflect our societal views on relationships?
Romance novels have endured as a popular genre for several reasons, reflecting societal views on relationships in various ways:
1> Escapism: Romance novels offer readers a chance to escape from their daily lives and immerse themselves in a world of fantasy, passion, and excitement. They provide a temporary reprieve from reality, allowing readers to indulge in the thrill of romantic adventures.
2> Emotional Connection: Romance novels often evoke strong emotions in readers, tapping into universal themes of love, desire, and longing. Readers can empathize with the characters’ experiences and feel a
How has romanticism influenced today's culture/society?
Hoo boy. The influence has been tremendous and is quite worth studying.
Romanticism had its distant roots in the Arthurian tales, which are full of magical elements like wizards, dragons, giants, ogres, visions, dreams, epic quests, martial glory, heroism, and of course, chivalry. Chivalry has been dismissed as a cynical game, but it was more than that, it was the way knights wanted to be seen, and how they thought they should be - perfect defenders of the weak and oppressed. That this was fantastic goes without saying, which is exactly why it is romantic, and why the medieval world exerted such impacts.
What are some ways that modern society has changed the concept of romance?
Modern society is influenced a lot by movies and the TV. It seems that there is a requirement to have gays (alphabet people) be represented in every movie, as well as a mix of all races, black, browns, yellows. Homogenous movies are out.
What has been “normal” in the past has been “outlawed” in the present to the chagrin of the wedding industry. Even the high hype of $10,000 wedding dresses are an absurdity and are going out of vogue and the gay operators are dying (going out of business).
$250,000 rings are out, too. Dead flowers are still in, as is photography, music and catered food and romance.
What effect did the popularity of romance novels have on society?
We tend not to give much thought to the impact fictional stories have on us.
Most of the time, we think we read them just for fun.
In fact, however, the novel is a major cultural resource.
The novel is an experience modeling machine, a "life simulator" that allows us to safely experience what could be in real life and which in reality takes years.
Without outside help, the power of our empathy and understanding, isolated from the inner world of other people, is very limited due to lack of experience and constant lack of time.
The plot lines of novels expand the boundaries of our consciousness, they
Do romance novels still hold relevance in today’s society? What are the reasons for their relevance or lack thereof?
Human beings are tribal animals, and romance novels generally seem to address the problems facing two people of different tribes (traditionally class, but also nationality, ethnicity, faith, etc.) who fall in love. These problems create the conflict that’s such an important element of any novel. I don’t think the genre (e.g., romance, science fiction, fantasy) determines the relevance of a novel; it’s only the formulaic nature of much genre fiction that limits its relevance. So, the relevance of a romance novel in today’s society really depends on how well the author (1) understands the complexities.
How do you think romance novels/movies affect modern-day dating?
On a certain level they reflect modern-day dating. For example, cell phones and texting and ghosting someone on social media.
On another level they can generate a kind of fantasy romance that people mostly won’t find in real life.
Bill Johnson, A Story is a Promise
What are some positive tropes in romantic literature opposite to unhealthy relationships in reality?
I’m not sure I understand your question.
Are you asking, what are things that characters in romance fiction do that works and stands in contrast to what real-life couples do that doesn’t work?
Well, the queen of romance fiction, the author who is to romance fiction what Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are to detective fiction, Owen Wister is to western fiction, H.G. Wells is to science fiction, and Stephen Crane is to war fiction, is Jane Austen.
And Jane Austen depicts couples who respect each other as much as they are attracted to each other, who respect the institution of marriage a
What is a "genre film" exactly? Aren’t all films by definition genre films?
What are some disturbing examples of romance in literature and movies that, in real life, would be creepy, abusive, harassing, and outright dysfunctional?
What is something that pisses you off with today’s society?
What are some good romantic novels?
What is wrong with our society today?
What makes movie romance appealing to us, and how does it impact our real-life relationships?
What is the impact of society on literature?
What impact does music, art, and literature have on our society today?
Why is there a spread in the forms of literature? What does literature do to human relationships, and what does it do to our society?
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