Romance Concept Love

Chapter 2

Review of Relevant Literature

Romance as a Concept Love If you are thinking that the English language can explain exactly how you felt towards your loved one, well you must be wrong. Words are not seemed enough for it- for heart has its own language: Love is said to be the universal language of the heart, (Gordon, 2009). It is defined based on the Greek words; ‘Eros’ means search for beauty; ‘Philia’, the feelings of affection in close friendships; ‘Nomos’ means the submission and obedience to higher or divine powers and ‘Agape’, the bestowal of love and affection for the divine powers, (Sweeney, 1983). With this definition, romance itself was born into reality. Psychologist Charles Lindhold defined love as an intense attraction

These components are said to be the roots of the seven forms of love, these include romantic love (intimacy and passion) and consummate love (passion, intimacy, and commitment). The other forms are liking (intimacy), companionate love (intimacy and commitment), empty love (commitment), fatuous love (passion and commitment), and infatuation (passion), (Sternberg, 1986). Another form was the platonic love which is a close relationship between two persons in which sexual desire is nonexistent or has been suppressed or sublimated, (Sternberg, 1986). These described a casual relationship usually present among acquaintances, peers and friends. The other one is unrequited love, which is sometimes connected with romance but in a different manner, explained by Roland Barthes in his novel, ‘A Lover’s Discourse’ that this kind of love is something that is not

In such stories as Darna, Dyesebel, Petrang Kabayo. Gzptain Universe, the imagination is allowed to roam freely. The anti- realistic design is strongly projected, affirming the impossibility of establishing a one-to-one correspondence between the narrative and reality. The komiks become a signifier pointing only to itself as the signified reality, and not to anything outside the komiks' pages. In a number of stories, the writers do attempt to inject some realism by depicting aspects of familiar reality that form patterns of social life. Such is the thrust in Gild, Roberta, or Pieta. Nevertheless, this realism is tempered by certain features reminiscent of Soledad S. Reyeq 'The Philippine 'Komiks',". For example, the character Gilda, a woman of the night, is the displaced version of the damsel in distress, while Palos, the kind-hearted thief, is the displaced equivalent of the knight in shining armor. Moreover, these works generally fail to sustain the realistic mode, for as the story ends, the reader sees how adroitly the writer has suspended the laws of nature and of logic in weaving his tale (International Popukr Culture,