Although it makes good points, the following text could be improved in terms of its objective and rational tone:
"Romance, unlike other literary genres, is arbitrary, disjointed and chaotic". Discuss.
The quotation given in the question above is plainly gibberish. If a person were genuinely to hold the former view, it would likely be because some modern expectation of plot had not been satisfied by Romances; they tend, like operas, toward the improbable, with peculiarities and coincidences that can only exist in furtherance of the overall message of the work. Devices like the deus ex machina are deployed with impunity because implausibility is simply not relevant. But I intend to briefly show, by comparative analysis with Wagner, for whom the medieval Romance was a great influence and the basis of several of his major works, that one of the Romance genre's greatest contributions to culture was a cohesive element - the motif or meme - and that to criticise Romances for their plots is foolish. I will use Sir Orfeo and the Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne as my bases for comparison.
Identify the places where it could be amended, suggesting alternative phrasing that would better convey the author's objectivity and lack of bias to the reader.
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"Romance, unlike other literary genres, is arbitrary, disjointed and chaotic". Discuss.
The quotation given in the question above is plainly gibberish. If a person were genuinely to hold the former view, it would likely be because some modern expectation of plot had not been satisfied by Romances; they tend, like operas, toward the improbable, with peculiarities and coincidences that can only exist in furtherance of the overall message of the work. Devices like the deus ex machina are deployed with impunity because implausibility is simply not relevant. But I intend to briefly show, by comparative analysis with Wagner, for whom the medieval Romance was a great influence and the basis of several of his major works, that one of the Romance genre's greatest contributions to culture was a cohesive element - the motif or meme - and that to criticise Romances for their plots is foolish. I will use Sir Orfeo and the Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne as my bases for comparison.