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From: bigmac@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mark Christopher Macsurak)
Subject: Re: Romance stuff
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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 00:43:50 GMT
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In article <neilg.733997205@sfu.ca> neilg@fraser.sfu.ca (Neil K. Guy) writes:
>
> There's been a bit of traffic in this group lately on the topic of
>romance fiction. Well, the latest Whole Earth Review (Spring 1993; one
>of the most interesting issues I've read in a long time - check it
>out!) has a couple of articles on the subject of romance novels.
>
> Here's one brief comment by writer Augusta Wynde in her piece:
>
> "The most common misperception about romance is that it's about sex.
>What it's really about is conflict between the hero and heroine."
>
> - Neil K. (n_k_guy@sfu.ca)

Well, Romance is really about adventure. The original "romance" story 
originate"The Lais of Marie du... something" and although
yes, the stories were about love between a hero and a heroine, it was more 
about the journey one or the other had to make to reach his/her love. In
this vein, in a romance the hero and heroine are usually not developed very
well, they are stock archetypical models-- it is the journey or adventure that
really counts.

-bigmac@leland.stanford.edu

