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| quote: | Originally posted by ChrisW
I wonder if they're using a not quite modern definition of romance. Terms like "comedy" and "tragedy" for example used to be used in very different ways than they are today. Or maybe they count as romance anywhere where it's hinted that Jun likes Ken.
Would love to hear the take from someone more in tune with Japanese culture of the 70s. |
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Not in tune with Japanese culture, but very in tune with Literary Analysis, and I would agree that they are using a classical definition of Romance, not a contemporary one.
Elements of Classical Romance that can be seen in Gatchaman:
Courtly Love, in that Ken puts his honor above his physical needs (actually, they all do, but it is most prominent in Ken)
Tribal War
Quest
Main themes: Courarge, Loyalty, Honor, and Mercy
Romantic Period conventions that also apply:
Favoring innovation over traditionalism
Nature as more than theme or imagery
An invitation to identify with the characters
Visionary on multiple levels ("Age of New Beginnings and high Possibilities")
The above has been extrapolated from MH Abrams A Guide to Literary Terms (not my favorite text, but I can't find my HOlMAN).
Dr Hirsch in his Dictionary of Cultural Literacy defines Romance as this:
| quote: | In traditional literary terms, a narration of the extraordinary exploits of heroes, often in exotic or mysterious settings. Most of the stories of King Arthur and his Knights are romances.
The term romance has also been used for stories of mysterious adventures, not necessarily of heroes. Like the heroic kind of romance, however, these adventure romances usually are set in distant places. William Shakespeare's play The Tempest is this kind of romance.
Today, a novel concerned mianly with love is often called a romance. Romances are frequently published in paperback series. |
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The idea has definitely morphed. Though, I suppose that to some degree the traditional elements somewhat remain in what we currently consider romance, if the we consider the idea of falling in love an adventure in itself, and willfully neglect the component of courtly or chivalric love.
IMHO, using the above definitions, they might be rather light on the episodes that favor Romance.
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14-11-2012 17:10
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