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How far do the Western romance structures (Regis's elements, HEA, alpha hero) transfer to other cultural settings, per open-access scholarship, and what changes?

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Three open JPRS studies of Nigerian romance fiction find Regis's structure present (society defined, barrier, betrothal) but with local content: the barrier is infertility or social class or an age difference, betrothal can occur before the story, and Ankara heroes soften the Western alpha type; one study reads a literary novel as using the elements but eschewing the HEA. A New Zealand chick-lit series localises the format through setting and national identity. Burge argues Regis's alpha hero was treated as universal although its prototype is a European coloniser. Sampling is thin (Anglophone Nigerian, NZ, Chinese digital romance abstract); Indian, Japanese and Korean forms were not read.

Structured fields

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      "url": "https://www.jprstudies.org/2026/08/marriage-and-procreation-continuities-and-transformations-in-the-ankara-novellas-a-tailor-made-romance-and-love-me-unconditionally-against-the-backdrop-of-flora-nwapas-efuru/",
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      "url": "https://www.jprstudies.org/2026/06/love-stories-and-stories-about-love-popular-and-literary-romance-in-abubakar-adam-ibrahims-season-of-crimson-blossoms/",
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[sourced_fact] Three open JPRS studies of Nigerian romance fiction find Regis's structure present (society defined, barrier, betrothal) but with local content: the barrier is infertility or social class or an age difference, betrothal can occur before the story, and Ankara heroes soften the Western alpha type; one study reads a literary novel as using the elements but eschewing the HEA. A New Zealand chick-lit series localises the format through setting and national identity. Burge argues Regis's alpha hero was treated as universal although its prototype is a European coloniser. Sampling is thin (Anglophone Nigerian, NZ, Chinese digital romance abstract); Indian, Japanese and Korean forms were not read. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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