pastoral romance
C41355
concept
A pastoral romance is a literary work that idealizes rural life and nature while centering on romantic relationships, often contrasting the simplicity of the countryside with the complexity or corruption of urban or courtly life.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| pastoral romance canonical | 4 |
| pastoral literature | 1 |
| romance (literary genre) | 1 |
| romanticNarrative | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: pastoral romance
Generated description
A pastoral romance is a literary work that idealizes rural life and nature while centering on romantic relationships, often contrasting the simplicity of the countryside with the complexity or corruption of urban or courtly life.
Instances (7)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Lars: A Pastoral of Norway | pastoral literature |
| The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia | — |
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Longus
surface form:
Daphnis and Chloe
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— |
| Menaphon | — |
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Jacopo Sannazaro's Arcadia
surface form:
Arcadia (Jacopo Sannazaro)
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— |
| A Different Love Story | romanticNarrative |
| Middle Dutch Arthurian romances | romance (literary genre) |