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	A medieval literary genre whose trademark ingredients are "wandering knights on quests, fair maidens, magic and dragons" (Hopkins 65). The Renaissance prose romance is distantly related with the modern novel (in the sense that both are forms of narrative fiction), but the poetological and cultural conditions of the two genres are very different.		A medieval literary genre whose trademark ingredients are "wandering knights on quests, fair maidens, magic and dragons" (Hopkins 65). The [[Renaissance]] prose romance is distantly related with the modern novel (in the sense that both are forms of narrative fiction), but the poetological and cultural conditions of the two genres are very different.


	== History ==		== History ==
	=== Middle Ages ===		=== Middle Ages ===
	The chivalric romance developed in twelfth-century France and soon became popular in other countries. (The term "romance" originally referred to any work written in French, which descended from Latin and is thus a ''Romance language''.) Knights' adventures were the standard theme of chivalric romances; the legend of King [[Arthur]] and the knighst of the Round Table were told in many versions. Unlike an [[epic]], a romance "does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age, often one of highly developed manners and civility" (Abrams 35).		The chivalric romance developed in twelfth-century France and soon became popular in other countries. (The term "romance" originally referred to any work written in French, which descended from Latin and is thus a ''Romance language''.) Knights' adventures were the standard theme of chivalric romances; the legend of King [[Arthur]] and the knighst of the [[Round Table]] were told in many versions. Unlike an [[epic]], a romance "does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age, often one of highly developed manners and civility" (Abrams 35).

	=== English Renaissance ===		=== English Renaissance ===
	English Renaissance writers shifted the focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and Sir [[Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).		English Renaissance writers shifted the focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and Sir [[Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).

	In the Restoration period romances were still widely read (especially translations of French romances by Scudéry or d'Urfé), but were gradually replaced in popularity by the new genre of the novel.		In the [[Restoration]] period romances were still widely read (especially translations of French romances by Scudéry or d'Urfé), but were gradually replaced in popularity by the new genre of the novel.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
	* Abrams, M. H. ''A Glossary of Literary Terms''. 7th ed. New York et al.: Harcourt Brace, 1999.		* Abrams, M. H. ''A Glossary of Literary Terms''. 7th ed. New York et al.: Harcourt Brace, 1999.
	* Hopkins, Lisa and Matthew Steggle. ''Renaissance Literature and Culture''. London: Continuum, 2006.		* Hopkins, Lisa and Matthew Steggle. ''Renaissance Literature and Culture''. London: Continuum, 2006.

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	~~In the [[Renaissance]] context~~, ~~a fictional narrative in prose~~ (~~no longer in verse~~) ~~that could~~ (in ~~a very broad~~ sense!) ~~be termed~~ the ~~predecessor~~ of the ~~modern novel~~.		A medieval literary genre whose trademark ingredients are "wandering knights on quests, fair maidens, magic and dragons" (Hopkins 65). The Renaissance prose romance is distantly related with the modern novel (in the sense that both are forms of narrative fiction), but the poetological and cultural conditions of the two genres are very different.

	The genre had become popular in the Middle Ages, when the chivalric romance developed in twelfth-century France and spread to other literatures. (In fact, the term "romance" originally referred to any work written in French, which descended from Latin and is thus a ''Romance language''.)

	The ~~themes~~ of chivalric romances ~~were often knightly endeavours~~; the legend of King [[Arthur]] and the ~~adventures~~ of the Round Table were ~~retold~~ in many versions. ~~The mediaeval "romance is distinguished from the~~ [[epic]] ~~in that it~~ does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age, often one of highly developed manners and civility" (Abrams 35).		== History ==
			=== Middle Ages ===
			The chivalric romance developed in twelfth-century France and soon became popular in other countries. (The term "romance" originally referred to any work written in French, which descended from Latin and is thus a ''Romance language''.) Knights' adventures were the standard theme of chivalric romances; the legend of King [[Arthur]] and the knighst of the Round Table were told in many versions. Unlike an [[epic]], a romance "does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age, often one of highly developed manners and civility" (Abrams 35).

	English Renaissance writers shifted the ~~thematic~~ focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and Sir [[Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).		=== English Renaissance ===
			English Renaissance writers shifted the focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and Sir [[Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).

	In the Restoration period romances were still widely read (especially translations of French romances by Scudéry or d'Urfé), but were gradually replaced in popularity by the new genre of the novel.		In the Restoration period romances were still widely read (especially translations of French romances by Scudéry or d'Urfé), but were gradually replaced in popularity by the new genre of the novel.

			== Sources ==
	~~----~~		* Abrams, M. H. ''A Glossary of Literary Terms''. 7th ed. New York et al.: Harcourt Brace, 1999.
	M. H. ~~Abrams:~~ ''A Glossary of Literary Terms''. ~~Seventh Edition~~. New York et al.: Harcourt Brace, 1999.		* Hopkins, Lisa and Matthew Steggle. ''Renaissance Literature and Culture''. London: Continuum, 2006.

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	The themes of chivalric romances were often knightly endeavours; the legend of King [[Arthur]] and the adventures of the Round Table were retold in many versions. The mediaeval "romance is distinguished from the [[epic]] in that it does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age, often one of highly developed manners and civility" (Abrams 35).		The themes of chivalric romances were often knightly endeavours; the legend of King [[Arthur]] and the adventures of the Round Table were retold in many versions. The mediaeval "romance is distinguished from the [[epic]] in that it does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age, often one of highly developed manners and civility" (Abrams 35).

	English Renaissance writers shifted the thematic focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and [[~~Sidney\|Sir~~ Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).		English Renaissance writers shifted the thematic focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and Sir [[Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).

	In the Restoration period romances were still widely read (especially translations of French romances by Scudéry or d'Urfé), but were gradually replaced in popularity by the new genre of the novel.		In the Restoration period romances were still widely read (especially translations of French romances by Scudéry or d'Urfé), but were gradually replaced in popularity by the new genre of the novel.

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	English Renaissance writers shifted the thematic focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and [[Sidney\|Sir Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).		English Renaissance writers shifted the thematic focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and [[Sidney\|Sir Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).

			In the Restoration period romances were still widely read (especially translations of French romances by Scudéry or d'Urfé), but were gradually replaced in popularity by the new genre of the novel.

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	The genre had become popular in the Middle Ages, when the chivalric romance developed in twelfth-century France and spread to other literatures. (In fact, the term "romance" originally referred to any work written in French, which descended from Latin and is thus a ''Romance language''.)		The genre had become popular in the Middle Ages, when the chivalric romance developed in twelfth-century France and spread to other literatures. (In fact, the term "romance" originally referred to any work written in French, which descended from Latin and is thus a ''Romance language''.)

	The themes of chivalric romances were often knightly endeavours; the legend of King [Arthur]] and the adventures of the Round Table were retold in many versions. The mediaeval "romance is distinguished from the [[epic]] in that it does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age, often one of highly developed manners and civility" (Abrams 35).		The themes of chivalric romances were often knightly endeavours; the legend of King [[Arthur]] and the adventures of the Round Table were retold in many versions. The mediaeval "romance is distinguished from the [[epic]] in that it does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age, often one of highly developed manners and civility" (Abrams 35).

	English Renaissance writers shifted the thematic focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and [[Sidney\|Sir Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).		English Renaissance writers shifted the thematic focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and [[Sidney\|Sir Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).

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	The genre had become popular in the Middle Ages, when the chivalric romance developed in twelfth-century France and spread to other literatures. (In fact, the term "romance" originally referred to any work written in French, which descended from Latin and is thus a ''Romance language''.)		The genre had become popular in the Middle Ages, when the chivalric romance developed in twelfth-century France and spread to other literatures. (In fact, the term "romance" originally referred to any work written in French, which descended from Latin and is thus a ''Romance language''.)

	The themes of chivalric romances were often knightly endeavours; the legend of King Arthur and the adventures of the Round Table were retold in many versions. The mediaeval "romance is distinguished from the [[epic]] in that it does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age, often one of highly developed manners and civility" (Abrams 35).		The themes of chivalric romances were often knightly endeavours; the legend of King [Arthur]] and the adventures of the Round Table were retold in many versions. The mediaeval "romance is distinguished from the [[epic]] in that it does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age, often one of highly developed manners and civility" (Abrams 35).

	English Renaissance writers shifted the thematic focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and [[Sidney\|Sir Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).		English Renaissance writers shifted the thematic focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and [[Sidney\|Sir Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).

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	In the Renaissance context, a fictional narrative in prose (no longer in verse) that could (in a very broad sense!) be termed the predecessor of the modern novel.		In the [[Renaissance]] context, a fictional narrative in prose (no longer in verse) that could (in a very broad sense!) be termed the predecessor of the modern novel.

	The genre had become popular in the Middle Ages, when the chivalric romance developed in twelfth-century France and spread to other literatures. (In fact, the term "romance" originally referred to any work written in French, which descended from Latin and is thus a ''Romance language''.)		The genre had become popular in the Middle Ages, when the chivalric romance developed in twelfth-century France and spread to other literatures. (In fact, the term "romance" originally referred to any work written in French, which descended from Latin and is thus a ''Romance language''.)

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In the Renaissance context, a fictional narrative in prose (no longer in verse) that could (in a very broad sense!) be termed the predecessor of the modern novel.

The genre had become popular in the Middle Ages, when the chivalric romance developed in twelfth-century France and spread to other literatures. (In fact, the term "romance" originally referred to any work written in French, which descended from Latin and is thus a ''Romance language''.)

The themes of chivalric romances were often knightly endeavours; the legend of King Arthur and the adventures of the Round Table were retold in many versions. The mediaeval "romance is distinguished from the [[epic]] in that it does not represent a heroic age of tribal wars, but a courtly and chivalric age, often one of highly developed manners and civility" (Abrams 35).

English Renaissance writers shifted the thematic focus from (ritualised) courtly love to less artificial love models: "Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries A.D. Typically they dealt with separated lovers who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. [...] Thomas Lodge's ''Rosalynde'' (the model for [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''As You Like It'') and [[Sidney|Sir Philip Sidney]]'s ''Arcadia'' were Elizabethan continuations of the [[pastoral]] romance of the ancient Greeks" (Abrams 190).

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M. H. Abrams: A Glossary of Literary Terms. Seventh Edition. New York et al.: Harcourt Brace, 1999.