Originally: relating to or characteristic of a rogue or knave. Now chiefly: designating a genre of narrative fiction which deals episodically with…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [adjective] > types of novel (18) picaresque1822 Originally: relating to or characteristic of a rogue or knave. Now chiefly: designating a genre of narrative fiction which deals episodically with… Gothic1825 Of or designating a genre of fiction characterized by suspenseful, sensational plots involving supernatural or macabre elements and often (esp. in… Minerva press1843 attributive. Designating writing, etc., typical of or resembling that of the series of light romantic novels issued with the imprint of the Minerva… yellow1843 Originally U.S. Designating novels and other literature of a type characterized by sensational content and (sometimes) cheap or poor-quality… western1846 Originally U.S. Designating a novel, film, etc., set in the western United States in the nineteenth or early twentieth cent., esp. one belonging to… bluggy1876 = bloody, adj., originally used literally (see quot. 1876), used subsequently as a euphemistic pronunciation of ‘bloody’, esp. to define… cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898 cape and sword (also cape and cloak): phrase used to characterize romantic fiction or drama with a more or less historical background. Cf. cloak and… Mills & Boon1912 A proprietary name for: a (type of) popular romantic novel published by Mills & Boon Limited. Frequently attributive. straight1936 Applied to a ‘serious’ novel, film, etc. which employs the conventional techniques of its art form. blockbusting1943 That is a blockbuster (sense 2); resembling or characteristic of a blockbuster; esp. (of a film, book, etc.) conceived on an epic or grandiose scale… Mills and Boony1946 = Mills and Boonish adj. private eye1946 Of or relating to private detectives. Of a novel, film, etc.: dealing with private detectives and their work. police procedural1957 (a) adj. of or relating to police procedure, esp. as represented in a crime story; (b) n. a story (in a novel, film, television show, etc.)… thrillerish1957 suggestive of such a novel. porno-Gothic1968 romantic1977 Of a story, novel, film, etc.: having love or a love affair as its subject. Of a character, actor, etc.: featuring or starring in such a story… neo-noir1986 Designating a film or novel in a genre or style regarded as a successor to or revival of the noir style (see noir, adj. 2). bonkbusting1993 Of, relating to, or of the nature of a bonkbuster; sexually explicit; (of a writer) that writes in the style of a bonkbuster. |
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