The romance genre slideshow

The Romance Genre, Gay Fiction and M/M Romance.

1. The Romance Genre, Gay Fiction and M/M Romance C. E. Hammock

2. The Romance genre emphasizes falling in love and establishing an emotional and committed relationship between partners.

3. The Romance genre focuses on the following elements

4. A central roman tic couple, a hero and a heroine. The development of their romantic love relationship drives the central conflict and climax of the story.

5. The story culminates in an optimistic or happy ending, where the good are rewarded, the evil punished, and the romantic couple are rewarded with unconditional love.

6. Romance narratives Appear in numerous sub-genres. For instance:

7. Contemporary Romance. Romances set in the time period in which they were written, and reflecting the norms and values of the era.

8. Historical Romance. Romances set in the historical past, such as Regency Romances. Stories must remain faithful to the culture and traditions of the time period.

9. Paranormal Romance Incorporates Gothic or Horror elements, usually with supernatural settings, and relationships between humans with psychic abilities and characters such as vampires, werewolves, witches, demons or even angles and ghost.

10. Time-Travel Romance happens when the hero or heroine or both have to travel about in time to meet each other, into the past or future.

11. Fantasy and Science Fiction Romances take place in outer-space, or on another planet, or in some magical or fantasy realm, and can be between aliens, gods or mythical beings.

12. In Romantic Suspense, Crime or Thrillers the hero or heroine work to solve a crime, avoid or catch a villain, or save the community from some Catastrophe, and fall in love while saving the world.

13. Inspirational & Christian Romance have a religious context reflect those values. The romantic couple meet, have their faith tested, and overcome their struggles. The couple move toward Marriage and happy family life.

14. Erotic Romance develop the sexual and sensual side of romantic relationships. These stories use direct Language and avoid euphemisms, preferring explicit sex scenes over traditional love scenes.

15. Common romance tropes include: Alpha Hero, Deep Dark Secret, Forbidden Love, Enemies Become Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Heroine Reforms Rake, Love at First Sight, Mistaken Identity, Secret Admirers, and Soul Mates.

16. Gay Fiction vs . M/M Romance

17. Gay Fiction is the writings of the gay community and attempts to grapple with the repercussions on gay men (and women) from the opposition and victimization they have experienced in their lives.

18. Gay fiction is informed by the personal experiences and identities of its authors and what it means to be gay.

19. Gay Fiction often documents alienation from family, anti-gay prejudice, religious condemnation, self-loathing and denial, violence, bullying, and suicide.

20. Gay fiction also has positive aspects in that it serves as a validation for same-sex attractions and reassures readers that other people have the same experiences and that readers aren’t alone in their struggles.

21. M/M Romance is very different from Gay fiction. It has a different history and stems from different motivations. M/M Romance is a romance sub-genre of its own involving gay fantasies of heterosexual women.

22. M/M romance is targeted Toward heterosexual women, As a firmly established sub-genre, it adheres too many of the same tropes: Happily-Ever-After ending, melodramatic complications, and charismatic Alpha males.

23. M/M romance is fantasy and often presents unrealistic, fantasized, even fetishsized portraits of gay men and their love lives, and tends to have more positive and sensual depictions of gay men falling in love.

24. M/M romances span the same variety of sub-genres: paranormal, historical, contemporary, fantasy, Sci-Fi and erotic. The only meaningful difference is that the central romantic couple is of the same sex.

25. Common M/M Romance Tropes include: Best Sex Ever, Enemies Become Lovers, Soul Mates, Friends Become Lovers, Gay for You, Pretend Boyfriend, Rent Boy with Heart of Gold, Sexy Uniforms.

26. This slideshare is an abbreviated version of an article appearing on my Website. Click here to read. The article includes a long list of tropes that flourish in both traditional romance and M/M romance.

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