Romantic comedy

romantic comedy, a general term for comedies that deal mainly with the follies and misunderstandings of young lovers, in a light‐hearted and happily concluded manner which usually avoids serious satire. The best‐known examples are Shakespeare's comedies of the late 1590s, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, and As You Like It being the most purely romantic, while Much Ado About Nothing approaches the comedy of manners and The Merchant of Venice is closer to tragicomedy. See also New Comedy.

This article is about a hybrid genre. For the 1979 play of the same title, see Romantic Comedy (play), and for its film adaptation, see Romantic Comedy (film).

Romantic comedy is a hybrid genre of fiction, especially motion pictures, in which a story about romance is presented in a comedic style. Works in this genre are generally considered light-hearted, and are sometimes associated with the vaguely derogatory terms "chick lit" or "chick flick", meaning primarily aimed at a female audience.^{[citation needed]}

Examples of romantic comedies: Lovely Complex KouKou Debut Peach Girl

External links

• Writing Romantic Comedy by Shirley Kawa-Jump
• Books tagged "Romantic Comedy" from LibraryThing
• The Art of the Romantic Comedy by Bill Johnson
• Top 10 Romantic Comedies by Billy Mernit
• Interview with Billy Mernit at Writer Unboxed

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