Romance , literary form, usually characterized by its treatment of chivalry , that came into being in France in the midth century. It had antecedents in many prose works from classical antiquity the so-called Greek romances , but as a distinctive genre it was developed in the context of the aristocratic courts of such patrons as Eleanor of Aquitaine. Its meaning then shifted from the language in which the work was written to the work itself. For a proper understanding of these changes it is essential to know something of the history of the literary form to which, since the Middle Ages, the term has been applied. The account that follows is intended to elucidate historically some of the ways in which the word is used in English and in other European languages.

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R min Drama, Romance. A director and his girlfriend's relationship is tested after they return home from his movie premiere and await critics' responses. Votes: 16,