Blog 19: New Introduction and Literature Review

Generra Johnson

16 November 2012

ENG 3029-01

Professor Chandler

Blog 19: Introduction and Literature Review

Interviewer: What type of modern day romances do you like?

Professor Chandler: Well let’s see I did not read the Twilight series, but I saw

some of them, as the movies. You know I like the Bridgette Jones Diaries, which

is sort of comedy romance. I kind of like those.

Introduction:

There is classical romance and modern day romance. Actually there are different types of romance genres. Today’s romances are different from the romance of thirty years ago. For example in the book, Reading the Romance, by Janice Radway the romances of 1984, would be different but yet the same romances read by today’s readers of 2012. So today’s readers still do read for the features of 1984, but they want more of a modern-day twist to the story. In other words they want something new. Many features of romances are the same, but some new features have been added. The identities of men and women have changed since thirty years ago, but the identities have also stayed the same. This essay will show how much romance has changed in the last thirty years. It will also show how much readers like or do not like romance. This research essay will also show how romance has developed in the last thirty years. The discussion of this topic is important because it will show readers how much romance is liked. This research essay will show the features of romance, and how those features have grown in popularity of declined in popularity.

Literature Review:

My research question is: So today’s readers still do read for the features of 1984, but they want more of a modern-day twist to the story. My research question is important to language research because it is researching what people like to read. It is also researching a genre that most people like to read. One researcher that found answers to my research question is Janice Radway the author of the book, Reading the Romance, and what she found was concrete and interesting. In her book people liked mystery and romance, or adventure and romance. But it was also agreed upon by a majority of people that they do not like rape or explicit sex in a romance novel. It was also agreed upon by a majority of people, which I think are female, that they do not like that the hero is stronger than the heroine. Plus that is a similarity among the women of today’s society. In Radway’s research it also showed what themes and plots are wanted in a romance novel. My research does contribute new information. The reason that Reading the Romance is important to my research is because my research question is about romance plots. The new information that my research contributes is: The opinion of today’s society on modern day romance. It contributes what romances are read often in today’s society, and it also tells what romances are liked and disliked in today’s society. The specialized language that I use in my research is language that the audience can understand. Basically, I write in simple English.